Introduction
When reading the course details on our website, I came across the questions Jon wants us to bear in mind throughout the term. Does it make sense to speak of "women's writing"? Is there such a thing? My face did not even flinch as I said yes to myself. Of course it makes sense and of course it matters. Why? Because we -or the world- has not paid enough attention to them before and they were not a prominent research category of their own until maybe this very moment of our time. In other words, it is a form of reparation. However, it is not as simple as that. The best evidence is our first class discussion yesterday. If so much conflicting, confused thoughts could emerge within just the matter of a three-hour class, how much more questions and doubts are yet to be raised in the whole world of literature? Coming from a Chinese background, I have witnessed and experienced gender discrimination that takes place in public or in the family sphere. However, my education here has...