This course will approach Literature(s) in English from a feminist perspective by examining the following issues: the relationship between the politics of writing and gender, feminism, feminist and women’s writing, the literary canon and gender, Anglo-American and French feminist criticism, Afro-American feminist criticism and Queer Studies. Students will further look into women’s writing produced in different historical periods, and will examine major themes, characters, and the historical context in which those works were produced, which will enable them to apply these theoretical tools to varied literary traditions.
