ENG 3250 - Women’s Literature

Introduces students to a variety of literary genres and works written by women. Emphasis is on exploring ways that women authors, including those from international and historically marginalized communities, negotiate diverse cultural expectations and/or their own identity positions. Students practice critical reading and literary analysis in light of cultural, historical, and intersectional perspectives.

Requisites: ENG 1100 or ENG 2010 or 2020 or 2 courses above ENG 2000 or (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Diversity and Practice
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to describe unique conditions associated with female authorship.
Students will be able to recognize multiple communication styles and relate those to communication outside the classroom.
Students will be able to evaluate and use strategies to mitigate their own biases and expectations in addressing women authors from other cultures and/or with other identity markers such as race, religion, sexuality, and ability.
Students will be able to ask complex questions about women-authored texts and articulate answers that reflect multiple cultural perspectives.
Students will be able to interpret intercultural experience from their own and others worldview and to act in a supportive manner that recognizes the feelings of other cultural groups.
Students will be able to use literary evidence to make effective arguments about literary works.
Students will be able to describe characteristics of significant genres and authors of women-authored texts using critical terminology.

Ohio University

Ohio University

ENG 3250 - Women’s Literature