Graham's Class

• Review: Lyric poetry
• Read: "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter," 524
  
• Review: Balance
• How did the poems yesterday show balance?
• How is balance an important part of the religion of China?
  
• Review: Feminism
• What is feminism?
• What types of literature have we read so far have been feminist?
• How was "The River Merchant's Wife" feminist? Anti-feminist?
• Show info on feet binding; relate to feminism
• X-ray of bound foot
  
• Close up of bound foot
  
• Different close up
• Folding under of toes
  
• Two old women with bound feet
  
• Link to very good article on foot binding
  
• Compare to other ideas of beauty:
• Corsets
• Neck rings
  
• High heels
  
• Read the "Admonitions"
  
• Show clip of "Mulan" to portray feminist ideas
• Read "Ode to Mulan" in class
• Show "Reading of Ode to Mulan"
  
• How is the poem feminist?
• How is the poem balanced?
  
• Intro to Taoism
• Developed by Lao-Tzu
• Written about in Lao-Tzu's "Tao te Ching"
• Review first verse
  

Posted by Graham on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 3:59 PM | Permalink