By And About Women

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(ENGL 32000) Course employs feminist, interdisciplinary perspectives to examine representations of gender and sexuality in drama, fiction, poetry, and prose, with emphasis on texts by women writers. A central concern is how power is distributed across social locations such as gender, race, and class. Instructor will determine genre, era, place, culture, theme and other foci. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR HONR 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- Course Learning Outcomes 1. Identify major developments in the history of feminist literary analysis. 2. Understand the concepts of privilege, social location, intersectionality and oppression. 3. Recognize the connectedness of scholarship and activism. 4. Analyze written, oral, and visual texts using the concepts of privilege, social location, intersectionality and oppression. 5. Use feminist perspectives, tools, and strategies to create artefacts that contribute to ending oppression and fostering social justice. View Class Schedule