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.
Tier 2 Literary Knowledge
Women & Gender Studies
Memoir, as a literary genre, has garnered much critical attention in the last decade (both positive and negative). But what exactly is memoir? What characteristics does it have that are different than fiction? Do these genres ever intersect? If an author is writing from memory, and oftentimes memory is hazy, or at least subjective, what is the ¿truth¿ in memoir? These are some of the general questions we will address during the semester while reading a selection of creative non-fiction memoirs by a wide range of contemporary writers including Maxine Hong Kingston, bell hooks, Mira Jacob, Carmen Maria Machado, Chanel Miller, and Anne Fessler. We will more specifically consider how societal attitudes towards gender roles and expectations relate to the taboo nature and cultural silencing of women¿s voices in identity, sexuality, and reproductive issues.
Cross-listed with Women's Studies, English 283 is designed to meet the "literary knowledge and experience" requirements of the Loyola Core. Focusing on literature written by 20th century women authors, this course is designed to help students gain knowledge of women's lives and writings; to show them the difference gender makes to the writing, reading, and interpretation of literature; to train them in the analysis of literature; and to teach them how to describe, analyze, and formulate arguments about literary texts. This course counts towards the post-1900 and multicultural requirement for the English major. ENGL 283-12W is a writing intensive class.
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