SPAN 437R

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Women Writers in Spanish

Spanish and Portuguese College of Humanities

Course Description

Readings and research about women writers in Spanish and their texts.

When Taught

Fall

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 Spanish and describe the significance of some of their texts.

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Critically read and analyze texts

Learning Outcome

Critically read women-authored texts and analyze them within their cultural and literary contexts.

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Identify cultural issues affecting women writers

Learning Outcome

Identify specific cultural practices from the Spanish-speaking world that have impinged on women writers and their texts.

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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.