LALW365 Women’s literature in Global Perspective’ 3cr.

This course surveys twentieth and twenty-first century literature by women authors working from transnational perspectives. It introduces authors from Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and West Africa who, collectively, expand and enrich existing narratives of women’s experience. These authors, from formerly colonized parts of the world and now residing and writing in Europe or the USA, engage with colonial histories and their lingering effect on today’s gender roles and expectations, on myths of masculinity, and on exoticization of non-western women’s bodies. The writings cross borders of literary genres, languages, fields of knowledge and media. In the course we investigate how global women’s narratives can respond to existing gender, racial, and colonial hierarchies, and how globalization influences the production and reception of women’s literature across cultures. [Formerly Women’s Literature in International Perspective]

Prerequisites: LALW200

Lecture
Culturally Diverse
Fall & Spring