A background in classical literature and myth is followed by a careful examination of works by women writers who may include Aphra Behn, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes, Edith Wharton, Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Lillian Hellman, Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, and various contemporary poets. Same as ENG 369. This course is a study of poets in the English-speaking world from about 1940 to present. Auden, Thomas, Lowell, Plath, Bly, Levertov, Heaney, Kinnell, Brooks, Olson, Creeley, and Walcott are representative of the new postmodernism, a definition of which is still evolving. Same as ENG 371.
Issues vary by semester.
Please consult the Course Registration booklet. A study of the political significance of the treatment, roles, and status of women, with emphasis on the United States. Examination of the meaning of gender, sexism, and feminism. Same as PSC 415. This course allows highly motivated students to pursue in depth a topic in the interdisciplinary field of Women s Studies under the direction of one or more members of the faculty.