AMST 431 - Scribbling Women:American Women's Literary Culture,1850-1920

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

This course will trace the rich and diverse tradition of women's writing in 19th-century America. We will consider the contexts that influenced women's writing and evaluate women authors' contributions to literary, political, and social movements during the 1800s through the turn of the century. We will pay particular attention to representations of race, class, ethnicity, region, and gender in women's writing. African American, Euro-American, Hispanic, Native American, middle- and working-class women authors will be studied. Authors studied will include: Louisa M. Alcott, Lillie Devereux Blake, Grace MacGowan Cook, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Fanny Fern, Frances E. W. Harper, Nella Larsen, Elizabeth Keckley, Zitkala-Sa, and Maria Cummins. 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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