Episode 10: Teaching Gilman and Woolf

In our latest episode, we launch our new series: Teaching Traditionally-Taught Texts! Many instructors are encouraged or required to teach texts from the traditional canon. Sometimes instructors feel an internalized obligation to revisit these texts. Sometimes these texts are important cultural capital, but our own teachings have become stale. So how do we keep traditionally-taught texts fresh, relevant, and representative?Our first episode of the series focuses on two seminal feminist texts: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. We discuss using these texts to challenge feminism and academia, building resources to better contextualize these works, and bouncing around potential lesson plans. We also spend a good deal of time talking about the Hulu show The Great and the historical Catherine the Great. Don't worry--it all ties in.How do you teach traditionally-taught texts? Share your experiences, questions and resources with us at [email protected] or tweet us @Literaturely101.