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So, on Wednesday, I'm supposed to submit a syllabus for a course called Man and Woman in Literature, and my take on this course is that I want to teach novels that are told from the point of view of the pervert, the deviant, the...well, you get the picture. So, I've got the titles all lined up: Diary of A Mad Old Man, Lolita, Disgrace, etc., and I show it to the guy who's doing the hiring under the assumption that this time I'd like to actually get the job. So, I want pointers.
Anyway, he looks at my list and he says, you only have one woman author.
Okay, you know, that's not a bad call. That's a valid complaint. I hear him. But might I just ask, are there any women writing about sexual deviant characters where it isn't soft core porn? I'll just put that out there. I mean, maybe I'm missing the obvious. I could literally come up with 20 or 30 titles just off the top of my head, but they're all men. I mean, what is the female equivalent of Lolita? Are there any novels about young women who get it on with the decrepit ? Or vise versa even?
I'm at a loss. So, I guess until the world finds some women to write about sexual perversion, the academic world will suffer. Alas.
Anyway, he looks at my list and he says, you only have one woman author.
Okay, you know, that's not a bad call. That's a valid complaint. I hear him. But might I just ask, are there any women writing about sexual deviant characters where it isn't soft core porn? I'll just put that out there. I mean, maybe I'm missing the obvious. I could literally come up with 20 or 30 titles just off the top of my head, but they're all men. I mean, what is the female equivalent of Lolita? Are there any novels about young women who get it on with the decrepit ? Or vise versa even?
I'm at a loss. So, I guess until the world finds some women to write about sexual perversion, the academic world will suffer. Alas.
posted by Monstro D. Whale at
7:34 AM
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:: Monstro leans over his computer, dutifully searching the internet for a female author of the deviant persuasion. He is in the midst of browsing Mother Dominatrix and the Band of Seven Dwarves at strap0ninetails.org for leads into the dark world of perverted female novelists when his wife walks in the room... ::
What does Monstro do? Flip to page 46 if he tries to hide what he's looking at. Flip to page 73 if Monstro will instead look up innocently, and give the wife an honest response. Otherwise, flip to page 119 if Monstro's moment of indecision lasts too long...
Excellent, Mopfog!!!
Hmmm, what about in the horror genre? Anne Rice? (Not sure if any of her books are written from the vampire's POV though.) (Also not sure if those books could be called "literature.")
Perhaps, on the other hand, the female desire for incessant romance could be considered deviant sexual behavior when in the form of the pulp romance novel. Hmm... if it wasn't American literature you might have more luck finding translated authors. Did Frida Kahlo write anything? I'm pretty sure there's a biography about her, which is most likely somewhat deviant. Also, I wonder if lesbian love stories would qualify as deviant enough for your class. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
Yep, drawing on straws here...
You can never go wrong with lesbian love stories. Get a little Sappho in there for a warm up. Oh, hey, maybe some Anais Nin?
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