E 390 - Women's Narrative

Institution:

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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Description:

3 credits This course will focus on narrative strategies that are distinctive in literature by and/or about women and examine themes and issues that are common to women from a variety of social, historical, and/or political situations. At issue throughout the course will be a number of questions: How does literature by women differ from literature by men? Is there a definite difference at all? How do women writers inscribe their perspectives, politics, and lived experiences in literature? What common themes, problems, or values does literature by or about women explore? What strategies do women writers employ to cope with changing epistemological and ontological systems? How do such strategies contribute to a contemporary understanding of identity, experience, community, history, and narrative? Authors studied may include Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, Anita and/or Kiran Desai, Barbara Kingsolver, Ntozake Shange, Jamaica Kincaid, Jeanette Winterson, or Zadie Smith.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.smumn.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 457-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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