ENGL 290 - Women in Literature

(3,0) 3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
This course explores how women’s roles have been traditionally defined in literature and how writers have questioned, resisted, and/or subverted these traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Assigned texts may include novels, memoirs, poetry, and film, from a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The course will analyze themes such as voice, identity, empowerment, family, violence, the body, and the intersections between gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.

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