Read in Norton: Woolf (336-351 is required, but I'm recommending that you read the entire excerpt up to page 371); Solanas (667-669).
Essay Due: The start of class next Wednesday, October 17
Only 39 years separate the publication dates of two of the most influential manifestos about the role of women in contemporary art and life: Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929) and Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto (1968). Each writer approaches the same issue or problem: the erasure of women from history and current artistic and political life. However, the means by which they use language to convey their ideas is radically different. Woolf takes her time to construct an argument that is historically informed and nuanced. Solanas goes straight for the jugular (figuratively and also literally speaking). It's the difference between reform and revolution.
Essay Due: The start of class next Wednesday, October 17
Only 39 years separate the publication dates of two of the most influential manifestos about the role of women in contemporary art and life: Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929) and Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto (1968). Each writer approaches the same issue or problem: the erasure of women from history and current artistic and political life. However, the means by which they use language to convey their ideas is radically different. Woolf takes her time to construct an argument that is historically informed and nuanced. Solanas goes straight for the jugular (figuratively and also literally speaking). It's the difference between reform and revolution.
In your one page single-spaced typed essay, you must take a side. Is Woolf's approach better or more effective than Solanas's? Maybe for a 2018 audience Solanas's direct style is the way to communicate effectively. Why is this issue still important today? Maybe it's more and more important (cf. #metoo). Use textual evidence from A Room of One's Own and SCUM Manifesto to support your position. You are encouraged, but not required, to use the scholarly sources that I included as links at the bottom of this post. Of course, you're free to use other scholarly sources of your own choosing. On Monday we will be discussing how to incorporate (weave) scholarship into your writing, and we'll also try to demystify MLA documentation style.
Non-Scholarly (but good):
American Horror Story’ Recap: ‘Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag’ Introduces Another Cult
American Horror Story’ Recap: ‘Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag’ Introduces Another Cult
Send Questions to Casey at csmith@dcad.edu
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