Gender, identity and sexuality have to be more closely integrated into the broader discussion of literature and language, which can be achieved only through wider application of literary texts in the teaching process. Teaching literature to students of English serves not only the purpose of building an understanding of the human experience, but also tackles the issues of femininity and masculinity and helps sensitize the students to the gender differences and the codes of patriarchal society which result in male dominance. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton have proved as valuable texts in teaching gender, as will be discussed in the paper, which focuses on Plath?s ?Lady Lazarus? and the strategies the educator can select in order to achieve the desired objective. U nastavi knjizevnosti na univerzitetskom nivou, teme razlika izmedju muskaraca i zena su sve prisutnije, zbog nuznosti da se ukaze na povezanost roda i identiteta sa socijalnim ulogama. Rad ce se pozabaviti mogucnostima da se, u okviru analize knjizevnog teksta, u ucionici studenti senzibilizuju za rodne razlike i mehanizme delovanja rodnih stereotipa. Nastavni materijali koji se koriste u ovu svrhu mogu biti raznoliki: od novinskih tekstova iz anglofone stampe do poezije autorki od Emili Dikinson do Silvije Plat, na primeru cije pesme cemo u ovom radu pokazati kako se prepoznaju i definisu rodne uloge u nastavi knjizevnosti.