Images of Women in Literature
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Overview
Subject area
ENG
Catalog Number
245
Course Title
Images of Women in Literature
Department(s)
Description
This course is designed to familiarize students with the ways in which the role of women has been portrayed in literature. By identifying various stereotypes, archetypes, and recurrent themes in a range of texts by female and male authors, students will explore how literature reflects and sometimes determines societal expectations about gender. Texts may include those of authors such as Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, Henrik Ibsen or Tennessee Williams.CUNY Pathways: Flexible Core-Individual & Society
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate LaGuardia CC
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FIS - Flexible Core - Individual and Society
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
011748