American Women Writers.

Catalog description

Focuses on the contributions of women writers to American literature. Begins with a brief overview of feminist critical approaches and of the history of women writing in America. Close critical analysis of texts focuses on four or five writers from various centuries, regions, and ethnic groups. Covers such writers as Toni Morrison, Sarah Jewett, Marilynne Robinson, Eudora Welty, Lee Smith, Leslie Silko, and others. Students work collaboratively to present background information and critical approaches to the writers.