ENGLT 360

Women in Literature

This course surveys literature by and/or about women. It emphasizes American and British writers and the multicultural nature of the women’s canon. Readings may include literature from any nation, culture, or historical period and focus on a comparative analysis of gender issues. Possible authors include Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolfe, Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Sylvia Plath, Flannery O’Conner, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, Leslie Marmon Silko, Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri and others.

Units: 3.0

Hours: 54 hours LEC