ENG 257 - Literature by Women

Credits: 3
Class hours: 3 lecture
Recommended: “C” or higher in ENG 100.
Description: This course focuses on women authors and their works in a variety of literary genres. Students will read literature from the past and present by women of varied social and ethnic backgrounds to discover the common personal and political concerns which have motivated women to write throughout history. Emphasis will be placed upon developing critical thinking skills for understanding and appreciating individual texts as well as upon relating texts to each other.