ENG 260 - Introduction to Women Writers

WR 115  or designated placement.

WR 115Q  as required.

Course Description: Introduces literature by women and women-identified men. Emphasizes the Middle Ages period through the present. Covers “birth” of women’s literary canon, treatises, short stories, autobiographies, novels, poems, and plays. Literary magazines may be read to introduce early feminist and womanist literary criticism. Focuses on oral and written texts representing interests, aspirations, and experiences of women. Fulfills cultural literacy requirement within the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree (AAOT). 

Course Learning Outcomes:

• CLO#1: Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of literary works by women within different genres, such as short stories, dramas, poetry, novels, and essays- with emphasis on such literary elements as point of view, characterization, setting, plot, tone, style, theme, and symbolism.
• CLO#2: Explain the way our own experiences, biases, expectations, and attitudes shape our reading of texts.
• CLO#3: Explain the interplay of race, gender, and culture in literary expression and society. (ILO: Critical Thinking)
• CLO#4: Apply a range of critical approaches to literature, such as Formalist, Psychoanalytical, Marxist, Feminist, Reader-response, Deconstructionist, and New Historicist. Primacy will be given to Feminist and Womanist approaches to a text.