Topics for Discussion
1. Imagine how you would respond to the rest-cure. What would be the most difficult aspect of it? Why? 2. Discuss the limited role women […]
Month: January 2009
Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Research literature on hysteria and other “women’s problems” published at the end of the 1800s and relate them to “The Yellow Wallpaper.” 2. Read […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
In her nonfiction work Women and Economics (1898), Gilman argues that men and women are more similar than different, and that women should have the […]
About the Author
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. As a child growing up in Lockport, New York, her preparation for her future career began early. Before […]
Literary Qualities
The first line of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”- “Her name was Connie”-signals that the story will be told by a third-person […]
Social Sensitivity
Interest in equal rights for women was a subject of great controversy during the early years of Oates’s career leading up to “Where Are You […]
Ideas and Topics for Discussion
Topics for Discussion 1. Read the 1966 Life magazine article, “The Pied Piper of Tucson,” which inspired Oates’s story, and compare the fictional and journalistic […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic novel Rebecca (1938) is a tale about the psychological manipulation of a young bride by her wealthy, troubled husband, Max […]