ENGL 31200 - Ethnic American Women Writers

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR HONR 11100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

Credit Hours: 3.00. An anti-racist feminist examination of literary and non-fiction texts of the U.S. written by women, men, and transgender and gender non-conforming people. Emphasizes how authors’ ethnicity and gender inform their writing and influence their literary works. Also considered is the influence of intersecting social locations such as class, religion, immigration and citizenship status, sexuality and disability/ability. A major purpose is to introduce students to varied cultural and gendered voices’ discussions of interrelationships between social institutions and the authors’ works, status and roles.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Understand that language plays a critical role in structuring and distributing power. 2. Understand that languaging is a key component in the construction of subjectivity and culture. 3. Recognize that gender and sexuality operate as systems of social stratification and differentiation along multiple dimensions including political, economic and cultural. 4. Recognize that gender is non-binary and that it and sexuality intersect with other socially constructed categories such as race, class, disability status, nationality, age, caste, etc., to create interdependent systems of discrimination and/or disadvantage. 5. Recognize that anti-racist, transnational feminist partnerships foster equity and social justice by resisting feminist and state imperialism and by operating within, between and at the margins of geopolitical and socio-cultural boundaries locally and globally. 6. Apply anti-racist, transnational feminist perspectives and literary theories to interpret literary artefacts. 7. Apply ethical frameworks informed by anti-racist transnational feminisms to interrogate inequities operationalized through languaging as well as creation and consumption of literary artefacts. 8. Evaluate key concepts in anti-racist, transnational feminist perspectives and literary theories. 9. Develop critical consciousness sustaining anti-racist, transnational feminist social change using tools offered by languaging, literary artefacts and literary study. 10. Synthesize theory and practice to advocate for anti-racist, transnational feminist social change by employing languaging, literary artefacts and literary study to practice social justice.

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