How gender influences understanding.
Edith Hahn Beer, The Nazi Officer’s Wife
Final project (5-7 pp, double-spaced): Students will select and read a Holocaust memoir from the list provided (see below) and will write an analytical essay on how gender themes are reflected in the chosen text. Drawing upon themes that we have been discussing throughout the semester, students should explain on the ways that gender affected the author’s experiences and on the way gender influences the author’s understanding and telling of if. The final projects will be graded on context of and purpose for writing, topic selection, research and content development, information processing, and writing mechanics. (See Women’s Studies writing rubric).