Dear students,
as you know, the Open House will take place at our university this Friday, and since the dean announced this will be a day off, our "Other Books, Other Worlds" seminar is cancelled this week. We do not have space for substitution, since the Friday during the tutorial week is a bank holiday, so I decided the best course of action will be to merge the topics on Femininity and Masculinity into one seminar.
This means that the course plan is now as follows:
Week 5 (Friday, October 18): no class, Dean's day off
Week 6 (Friday, October 25): Fairy tales and gender roles: femininity and masculinity
Readings for this week: chapters girlhood, boyhood, tomboy, and identity from your textbook + the stories Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (excerpt), Captain Underpants (excerpt), The Famous Five (excerpt)
You DO NOT have to read the other readings listed in the syllabus for these 2 topics. They will not be part of your credit test, either.
Week 7 (Friday, November 1): no class, All Saints' Day
Week 8 and onwards: as originally outlined in the syllabus
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (via email or MS Teams chat) anytime.
Enjoy your day off and see you in two weeks.
Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková
