GENDER IN LITERATURE

Catalog description

Literature 45 examines how poems, novels, short stories, essays, drama, and other literary forms from various historical periods and cultures reflect a variety of gender expectations and performances. Students will analyze literature as a means to uncover cultural values and norms related to masculinity, femininity, transgender, and queer and non-binary genders. Emphasis is on major themes and issues of gender, including the ways that gender intersects with other identity categories, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and ability in literary works. This comprehensive literary study includes analysis of significant historical and cultural influences.