ENGL 3330 - Gender Studies

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110.
A study of literature using gender as the primary category of analysis. Viewing gender as a social construction, it will consider literature’s exploration of such issues as gendered roles in society, interactions between private and public life, gender’s relation to canon formation, and the ways in which individuals may struggle to define their place in culture in the face of gendered expectations. Texts studied might include published literature, primary sources such as letters and diaries, public documents, non-print texts such as films, and material culture objects. A particular offering might focus on a region or nation, a time period, a theme, a representative individual, or some combination.

Notes: This course can be taken more than once provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.