ENGL 311 - Introduction to Women’s Literature

Credits: 3
This course will examine women’s literature in America and how the changing role of women in society is reflected in the literature. How are women ’ s roles impacted by race, sexuality, class and work? As America acknowledges our diversity, we expand the way we see women’s literature. This course will look at women writers of different groups such as African American, native, Asian, Latino, Jewish and white. This course asks who is the American Woman? We will examine how the American woman has reacted to the change in society through culture, diversity, and history. Various approaches to women’s literature will be critiqued, such as minority, feminist, traditional. Possible writers are Alice Walker, Edith Wharton, Julia Alvarez, and Toni Morrison.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 103.
Offered: S (alternating years).

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ENGL 311 - Introduction to Women’s Literature