Spring 2013 Description for ENGL 218

This course will focus on the history of literature by  women. It will concentrate on the traditions in Britain and  America, but also will include some attention to non-Western women writers. It will address issues of canon formation, as well as the role of gender in the  composition and reading of literary texts. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisites: ENGL 201, 202, 203, or 204