Introduction to Women's Literature 3 Units (AA/AS; Citrus C2; CSU; UC; Cal-GETC 3B) 54 lecture hours Equivalent to: ENGL 120

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This course emphasizes culturally diverse texts written by and about women. Using a variety of literary genres, including short fiction, novel, poetry, drama, and film, students will critically analyze cultural roles and images of women from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Students will explore the challenges women have faced, the biologically and socially constructed roles they have assumed and sometimes rejected, and the successes and accomplishments they have achieved in a predominantly patriarchal climate.