ENG 262 - Women in Literature

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Connecticut State Community College Asnuntuck

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A representative selection of novels, short stories, and poetry by contemporary women writers, focusing on the ways in which these works reflect women's search for a voice and language of their own. Although the works explore universal themes, such as childhood, loss of innocence, family, love, sexuality, loneliness, and death, the class discusses how women's experience differs from men's, and looks at the rich variety of voices contemporary women writers use to write about their experience. Students present an oral report on one of the writers read in class, as well as writing a short paper (5-7 pages) and a long paper (10-12 pages) on two woman writers of their choice. (Formerly ENG 206: Contemporary Women Writers.) Prerequisite: ENG* 102. Satisfies the Literature requirement. ENG* 263: Women in Poetry - 3 credits An exploration--through reading, discussing and writing poetry--of poetry and women's lives. Explores the ways in which women's poetry of the last three decades reflects what Carolyn Heilbrun calls "the narratives that have been controlling women's lives" and the ways in which many women have come to understand the need to "dismantle" the past and "reinvent" the future. Focuses on poets such as Denise Levertov, Carolyn Kizer, Maxine Kumin, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, and Audre Lorde, as well as a selection of contemporary women poets. (Formerly ENG 213: Women in Poetry: Dismantling the Past.) Prerequisite: "C" or better in ENG* 101. Satisfies the Fine Arts requirement.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.acc.commnet.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 253-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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