ENGL 2061 - Women in Literature: British & Colonial

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students discusses, analyzes, and interprets works written in English by women in England and the British Empire. Topics may include the role of art in society, colonialism, and global citizenship. Emphasis is placed on the study of literary elements and devices in fictional, non-fictional, poetic, and dramatic works. Authors may include Jane Austen, George Elliot, Anne Bradstreet, Virginia Woolf, Paule Marshall, Jamaica Kincaid, Jean Rhys, and Arundhati Roy.
MnTC Goals
6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020 with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021 with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

Women in Literature: British and Colonial
Literary traditions/history of women writing in Britain and the British colonies.
Literary works of women writers in Britain and British colonies.
Strategies of literary criticism with emphasis on a feminist approach.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works by women in England and the British Empire.
analyze those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.
respond critically to works by women in England and the British Empire.
articulate an informed personal reaction to works by British and Colonial women.
analyze basic literary elements in works studied.
describe the political, economic, and cultural elements and effects of colonialism, considering the influence of historical and contemporary states and societies found in the literature written by women in England and the British Empire.
analyze cultural, social, gender and linguistic differences described in the literature written in English by women in the England and the British Empire.
through the works of women authors, explore the role of a world citizen, especially in light of colonial ideals of Britain and the British Empire, and consider the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)

06. 01. Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.

06. 02. Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

06. 03. Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

06. 05. Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.

Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)

08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 04. Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

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