Now that we have reached the end of the semester, I hope that you have made some connections in your mind between the various authoresses that you have read. As you work to prepare for the Final Exam, discuss the following questions here on the blog as well as with your classmates. These questions serve merely as a springboard to the Final Exam Question.
"In this course, we have studied, in part, the ways in which French Women Writers comment on the relationship between gender and society. We have discussed the notions of gender and identity and the ways in which our authoresses works represent the effects of the individual's gender and identity on her functioning within her own society."
Therefore:
How is gender formed?
What is the importance of gender in the formation of an identity?
What is the relationship between gender and society?
What are the challenges of the characters depicted in the works from this course?
What interconnections exist between the works that we have read and discussed?
What do the characters learn in the course of their adventures?
Do we find similar character types throughout the works that we have read?
How do the characters in these works portray the struggle of women throughout the ages?
