EN 237 - Images of Women in the American Work Force

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Fashion Institute of Technology

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Prerequisite: EN 121 Students study how working women from Colonial times to the present have been portrayed in American literature. Through these images, students recognize significant patterns in the experience of women in the American work force and the persistent issues they face. Readings include the works of such authors as Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Theodore Dreiser, Sylvia Plath, Betty Friedan, and Alice Walker. Films present other images of women and their times. (G7: Humanities)

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.fitnyc.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 217-7999

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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