PORT 437R
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Women Writers in Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese
College of Humanities
Course Description
Readings and research about women writers in Portuguese and their texts.
When Taught
Winter Even Years
Min
3
Fixed/Max
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Identify key women authors and texts
Learning Outcome
Identify key women authors who write in Portuguese and describe the significance of some of their texts.
Title
Critically read and analyze texts
Learning Outcome
Critically read women-authored texts and analyze them within their cultural and literary contexts.
Title
Identify cultural issues affecting women writers
Learning Outcome
Identify specific cultural practices from the Portuguese-speaking world that have impinged on women writers and their texts.
Title
Engage in self-reflection
Learning Outcome
Articulate the ways in which cultural practices related to gender have affected their own lives.
Title
Discuss critical questions in relation to women writers
Learning Outcome
Identify major questions in the current critical discourse related to women writers and engage those questions in relation to specific woman-authored text(s) in competent written essays.
