ENGL 270 - Women and Literature

(3 credits)

The emphasis of this course is literature by, and, or about women. Students will apply different theories of literary analysis to interpret literature that reflects the development of women as subjects and objects in literature and will discover how literature reflects the social, historical, and/or geographic differences and similarities of women readers and writers. Readings, short papers, and longer analytical paper required. This course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the focus of each course is different. This course also may be taken in lieu of ENGL 104 for non-English majors. English majors choosing to take this class in lieu of ENGL 104 must replace ENGL 104 with a literature elective. Any student choosing to take this course in lieu of ENGL 104 for General Education credit cannot count the course for both the inner and outer core. Prerequisite: ENGL 103 As needed.