WS 204A CPQ - Intro Wgs: Lit & Philosophy

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This course will provide an interdisciplinary introduction to the issues and themes of women’s and gender studies as revealed through the reading and analysis of literature and feminist and gender theory. We will take a philosophical approach to the issues we encounter and question our own assumptions along with those of the texts we read. Within our texts, we will examine social and cultural constructs in historical context, in contemporary society, and in our own lives. Using both fiction and nonfiction, we will examine this interplay between how we construct the “feminine” and the “masculine” in our psyches and how gender is constructed through the media and collective psyche. Additionally, in this course, students will have the unique opportunity to reflect upon, write about, and explore their own gender identities and its many influences.

Prerequisite(s): None.