ENGL 183 SC - Gendered Prose

This course examines how gendered literary conventions have shaped and constrained women's first-person prose across a variety of genres from the seventeenth century through the present, especially in writing by and about the Americas. We'll investigate how women negotiated these conventions within conversion narratives, captivity narratives, novels, autobiography, and essays. We'll learn about the methodologies and theoretical frameworks literary scholars use think intersectionally about how gender and power operate in these texts. And we'll examine how contemporary writers - including non-binary and gender-nonconforming writers - have grappled with this literary history and sought to represent those who couldn't, or chose not to, write their stories down. Assignments will include both critical and creative work. 

Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every other year

This course information is from the 2023-2024 Scripps Catalog. View this catalog.
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