ENG 2450 - Contemporary Women’s Literature

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010

Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 2000 or GWS 1001

Description: In this course, students study various texts by women writers with an emphasis on contemporary writing, or writing from the 20th Century to the present. Students read, analyze, discuss, and write about women’s texts through gender studies and feminist studies theoretical lenses. Students focus on different sociocultural and sociopolitical issues that exist and surface in women’s writing. Course content is themed around issues that are most relevant and prevalent to women and their stories.

Note: Credit granted for only one prefix: ENG or GWS.

Cross Listed Course(s): GWS 2450