ASIA 4425:Asian Women and Literature

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course is a study of women’s role and its manifestations in literature in major countries of East and Southeast Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Students examine women’s imagery in masterpieces of literature and appraise important literary works by female authors to explore how women are portrayed in literature and how they view themselves and perceive the world in which they live.