GSFS 428 - Virginia Woolf & Zadie Smith

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WADV

This seminar puts into a sustained conversation two immensely innovative and hugely influential female authors: Virginia Woolf and Zadie Smith. Situating them in their literary, historical, and theoretical contexts, we will examine the ways in which both authors (one writing at the beginning of the 20th century, the other at the beginning of the 21st) explore in their writings the relationship between literature, history, and politics. Texts might include Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and The Waves; Smith’s NW and On Beauty, as well as both authors’ diaries and essays. Written work will lead toward an extensive final research project.

Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: N. Tessone

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes: *Admission based on a completed application form (available at the English Department office, Rice130)

*English Majors have preference for enrollment for this course.
Cross List Information: ENGL 428