ENGL 294 - Women Write America 1865-1990

3 Hour(s)

This course will explore writing by American women authors and their perspective on American experience since the end of the Civil War. Close reading of literary texts will be grounded in historical and social contexts and examined in relation to major literary movements of American realism, naturalism, local color, modernism, and ethnic writing. We will focus on themes central to women’s experience and imagination, women’s use of language, and their perspective on the evolving notions of gender, race and class. The selection of readings will include works by Anglo American, Native American, Asian American, African American and Hispanic American writers.

General Education Requirements: Humanities; Gender Inquiry; Writing Intensive