Emphasizes roles of religion, education, employment and regionalism in the development of character, plot and setting. This course is a survey of selected pieces of literature, poetry, short stories and novels which reflect significant ideas and attitudes about women. The Women's Rights Movement will also be explored through an intensive examination of the changing images of women in society as portrayed by both male and female authors. Some contemporary critical material will be used. A survey of mythology in relation to historical and environmental needs, stressing the relationship of humans and their gods.
Emphasis is on the classical myths.