Women in Literature
Requirement: UCLR 100 for students admitted to Loyola University for Fall 2012 or later. No requirement for students admitted to Loyola prior to Fall 2012 or those with a declared major or minor in the Department of English, Department of Classical Studies, or Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
This course focuses on the representation of women in literature, as discussed in a variety of literary works.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the representations of women in various periods of literary history and diverse cultural contexts.
Requirement: UCLR 100 for students admitted to Loyola University for Fall 2012 or later. No requirement for students admitted to Loyola prior to Fall 2012 or those with a declared major or minor in the Department of English, Department of Classical Studies, or Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
This course focuses on the representation of women in literature, as discussed in a variety of literary works.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the representations of women in various periods of literary history and diverse cultural contexts.
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher
Tier 2 Literary Knowledge
Women & Gender Studies
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
In Staring: How We Look, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson contends, ¿Extraordinary-looking bodies demand attention. The sight of an unexpected body¿that is to say, a body that does not conform to our expectations for an ordinary body¿is compelling because it disorders expectations¿ (36). This course examines extraordinary, ¿non-normative¿ bodies in Western culture and literature. With Thomson¿s observations in mind, we will focus our inquiry on bodies that are commonly rejected, stigmatized, or perceived as ¿other.¿ We will be particularly concerned with the ways in which gender and sexuality intersect with a variety of literary forms, especially fiction and literary theory. Emphasis will be on close reading, analysis, critical discussion, and formal writing.
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