A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.
Tag Archives: Rape
Sexual Misconduct in the Classics
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "The Lover: A Ballad", "Written in a Lady's Prayer Book", Aphra Behn, Bacchae, Charlotte Bronte, Euripides, Henry Fielding, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, John Wilmot, Lucille Clifton, Rover, Sense and Sensibility, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tom Jones Comments closed
Reactions to Rape Recall “The Lottery”
Maryville residents blaming the victims of a rape recall Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Lottery, Maryville rapes, Shirley Jackson, small towns Comments closed
Prevent Sexual Assault with Literature
If men are to overcome their predatory natures, they must become gentle-men. Literature can help.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, chivalry, Chretien de Troyes, courtly love, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Perceval Comments closed
The Wife of Bath vs. Military Rapes
Perhaps Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has some good suggestions on preventing sexual assault in the military.
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A 17th Century Comedy Addressing Rape
The Right Wing’s “war on women” is affecting the way my students read Aphra Behn.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aphra Behn, Education, Feminism, politics, Rover Comments closed
Date Rape or Cultural Misunderstanding?
Reading “Passage to India” for the first time in decades has given me insights into a date rape that I became involved in years ago involving an Ethiopian and an American student. How much, I wonder, can be attributed to cultural misunderstanding?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged College, Cultural misunderstandings, E. M. Forster, India, Passage to India Comments closed
