ENGL 343 - Women and Empire

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Trinity College

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This course examines women's involvement in British imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. What part did ideologies of femininity play in pro-imperialist discourse In what ways did women writers attempt to "feminize" the imperialist project What was the relationship between the emerging feminist movement and imperialism at the turn of the 20th century How have women writers in both centuries resisted imperialist axiomatics How do women authors from once colonized countries write about the past How are post-colonial women represented by contemporary writers Authors to be studied include Charlotte Bront , Flora Annie Steel, Rudyard Kipling, Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Alexander McCall Smith. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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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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