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A Strategy for Change: Incorporating Women Writers into the High School French Literature Curriculum
Author(s) -
Krier Kathleen A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1987.tb03054.x
Subject(s) - syllabus , curriculum , ap french language , sample (material) , pedagogy , mathematics education , sociology , psychology , language education , chemistry , chromatography
A recent survey among high school teachers of French literature revealed curriculum syllabuses composed almost exclusively of male‐authored literary works; data showed a ratio of thirty‐nine male to one female‐authored text. This paper defends the incorporation of renowned French women writers into the curriculum and suggests an implementation proposal for high school or college French literature courses which includes a list of noted works by French women authors and a sample guide for ideas and techniques to stimulate thoughts, questions, and interpretations.