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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 111 and 112 or 190
Are you looking to read some of the great European classic works of literature that you've heard so much about? Have you ever wondered why Goethe's Faust makes a bargain with the devil? Are you curious to find out why Flaubert's MADAME BOVARY caused such a scandal? Why does Gregory Samsa wake up as a bug in Kafka's METAMORPHOSIS? Have you wanted to read some shorter pieces of Russian literature from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky before tackling WAR AND PEACE on your own? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you are invited to register for this course. In a nutshell, ENGL 221 explores the richness and complexities of a number of classics of European literature, covering the authors listed above and other famous names and ending with a sampling of post-colonial authors, all in translation. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111/121 and ENGL 112/201-204, or ENGL 190.
Are you looking to read some of the great European classic works of literature that you've heard so much about? Have you ever wondered why Goethe's Faust makes a bargain with the devil? Are you curious to find out why Flaubert's MADAME BOVARY caused such a scandal? Why does Gregory Samsa wake up as a bug in Kafka's METAMORPHOSIS? Have you wanted to read some shorter pieces of Russian literature from Tolstoy and Dostoevsky before tackling WAR AND PEACE on your own? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you are invited to register for this course. In a nutshell, ENGL 221 explores the richness and complexities of a number of classics of European literature, covering those authors listed above and other famous names and ending with a sampling of post-colonial authors, all in translation. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111/121 and ENGL 112/201-204, or ENGL 190.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers.
This course will offer an in-depth study of selected women's writing, organized by period, genre or theme. In any particular semester, the course might focus, for example, on 18th century women writers, contemporary women poets or marriage in women's literature. The texts will be approached with regard to questions of canon formation, women's history and cultural constructions of gender. Credit may be earned more than once under this number for different emphases. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112 or 190
Academic History
M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) B.A., University of California (Berkeley) At St. Thomas since 1984
Expertise/Specialties
Literature by Women Mythology Classical Literature Multicultural Literature
