ENG 6510 Women Writers:

A study of women writers from a variety of racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds arranged by a given genre and theme to determine how these textual works and their authors have imagined and constructed women’s roles. The course could include women writers across cultures and at different historical times. Different theoretical approaches like feminism and cultural criticism will also be used in the examination of women’s writing. Writers studied might include Jane Austen, Harriet Jacobs, Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Arundhati Roy, Edwidge Danticat, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Louise Erdrich, and Sandra Cisneros. The course material will depend upon the individual instructor.
Credits: 3.0