Courses

Representative works of literature by women.

Six centuries of representative literature by women. Emphasis on recent British and American, including ethnic-American, authors. Discussion of women writers in relation to the traditional canon.

Six centuries of representative literature by women. Emphasis on recent British and American, including ethnic-American, authors. Discussion of women writers in relation to the traditional canon. This course may only be taken at the undergraduate level upon approval for participation in the Faster Master's program.

Examination of the historical imbrication of masculinity and rhetoric in relation to women’s participation in political life, reception of women’s rhetoric in the public sphere, and remembrance and representation of women as rhetorical agents throughout history; consideration of women’s rhetoric in various cultural arenas.

Examination of the historical imbrication of masculinity and rhetoric in relation to women’s participation in political life, reception of women’s rhetoric in the public sphere, and remembrance and representation of women as rhetorical agents throughout history; consideration of women’s rhetoric in various cultural arenas.

This course examines selected writing by women, in various genres and from a variety of historical periods. (MULT) (WI).

Critical reading and discussion of major works written in French by women writers from the Middle Ages to the present. Authors studied may include Marie de France, Labé, Lafayette, Sévigné, de Staël, Sand, Colette, Duras, Cixous, Wittig, Djebar, Chédid, Roy, Condé, Sow Fall. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

History of literature by women in English; emphasis on continuity of ideas and on literary contributions; study of a variety of genres with particular attention to the significance of gender in the racial, social, sexual and cultural contexts of women writing in English.

History of literature by women in English; emphasis on continuity of ideas and on literary contributions; study of a variety of genres with particular attention to the significance of gender in the racial, social, sexual and cultural contexts of women writing in English.

Religious and secular writings by women from the early Church through the 15th century. (MULT) (WI).