ENG 170 - Modern Literature By and About Women

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: Reading and discussion of fiction, poetry, drama and prose by women writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students use literary analysis to explore women’s literature as well as the experiences, roles and art of modern women and women writers.

Prerequisites: ENG 055 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or overall high school GPA of 2.8 or higher, or a minimum score of 18 ACT-English, 25 SAT-Writing and Language, 71 CPT-Sentence Skills or 250 NGA-Writing.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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Course Competencies

Explain the origins of women’s literature.
Investigate the influence of women’s literary classics on contemporary literature.
Analyze a variety of novels, poems, plays and prose works by women authors.
Interpret the literary elements (character, plot, setting style, theme, occasion, etc.) in these works of art.
Derive plausible evaluations of literary works by women authors.
Apply literary terms appropriately.
Validate connections between women’s literature, historic events, social issues or artistic movements.
Select a contemporary literary work by a woman writer that compares favorably to a literary classic.
Appraise the elements of a contemporary work of literature by a woman writer.