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Selected Women Writers
ENGL281 SP
Crosslistings: WMST281
This course will explore the theme of women and literary production in the 19th and 20th centuries. Our focus will be on the social and historical issues around women who write as well as on the writing or
"representation" of women in literature.
Readings will include prose, poetry, and criticism.
MAJOR READINGS
Jane Austen, PERSUASION Charlotte Bronte, JANE EYRE Jean Rhys, THE WIDE SARGASSO SEA Angela Carter, THE BLOODY CHAMBER Maxine Hong Kingston, THE WOMAN WARRIER Marilyn Robinson, HOUSEKEEPING Toni Morrison,
BELOVED and others
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two five-page papers and a take-home final exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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