TR 8:00am-9:15am, CB 213

 

Instructor: Laura Barrio-Vilar

E-mail: Lbarr2@uky.edu

Office: 1222 Patterson Office Tower; Mailbox: 1215 P.O.T.

Office Phone: 257-6988; Department Phone: 257-7002

Office Hours: T 11:00 – 12:15 and R 11:00 – 12:45

“Twentieth-Century American Women Writers”

Introduction to Women’s Literature

ENG 234-002: Introduction to Women’s Literature

Course Description

 

This course focuses on fiction written by twentieth-century American women of various ethnic backgrounds.  We will discuss how these writers reflect on the idea of what it means to be a woman in the U.S. in different historical, social, and cultural contexts.  We will consider how not only gender but also race, class, culture, age, and sexuality determine their individual and collective identities.

 

Our discussions will hinge on questions such as the following: How do these writers define womanhood?  Do all women writers necessarily have a feminist agenda because of their gender?  Do American women writers feel connected to one another regardless of their background?  Does their fiction promote or challenge the idea of a universal sisterhood?  What do they all have in common?  What differentiates them?  How do they speak about their male counterparts?

 

Last updated on April 28, 2006

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