Women warriors

[robinturner]

I'm thinking about theming my next ENG 101 course around warriors (cheesy provisional title: "From Homer to Xena"). The sections are as follows:

1. The transition from primitive warrior figures to medieval chivalry (Homer vs. Arthur);
2. Martial arts, Buddhism, Taoism etc. - sublimation of kicking ass into spiritual development;
3. Women warriors - trendy gender-bending stuff.

For #3, I could really do with some texts that deal with female warriors without being pretentious, pomo and hard to read. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Comments

[wouldprefernot2.livejournal.com]

I haven't read Antonia Fraser's Boadicea's Chariot, so I don't know if it's pomo or hard to read, but I'm guessing not. Pretentious, I won't guess, as I don't remember much of the book reviews I read fifteen years ago. (One fragment that sticks with me is that one reviewer was all "oh, really!" over a penultimate chapter on Margaret Thatcher.)

[alsoname.livejournal.com]

YOU SOUND LIKE THE COOLEST TEACHER EVER. I wish I had a foreign-language teacher like you!

[solri.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't know a lot about Tara. Definitely a strong figure, but the stories I've heard about her involved using magic rather than physically kicking ass.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the compliment! However, in my class you would lose marks for using capitals for emphasis ;-)

[alsoname.livejournal.com]

IT WAS A SUBJECT HEADING.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Subject headings should be in bold, and in sentence case