Women In Literature (ENG 231)

Term: 2015-2016 AY Spring

Faculty

Janet GriecoShow MyInfo popup for Janet Grieco

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Schedule

Mon-Wed, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (1/11/2016 - 5/11/2016) Location: NMCC CHR 207

Description

Examines and explores the role of literary expression in defining, understanding and communicating the experience of being alive and female, as it has been expressed in texts written in the English language. This course analyzes how women have used literature to claim a voice, defining and writing themselves and their experiences into existence. This course will consider the ways that race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, age, region and physical ability inform women's struggle for understanding, self-determination and power in a world dominated by patriarchal privilege. Students will read a variety of women's perspectives that will address these issues and develop their own skills and voice in understanding, speaking and writing about women's literature. Prerequisite: ENG111.