WMST 241 Women Writers of French Expression in Translation*
Also offered as FREN 241. Works and ideas of 20th-century women writers of French in Canada, Africa, the Caribbean, and France. Taught in English.
WMST 250 Introduction to Women's Studies: Women, Art, and Culture
An examination of women's creative powers as expressed in selected examples of music, film, art, drama, poetry, fiction, and other literature. Explores women's creativity in relation to families, religion, education, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and within a cultural tradition shaped by women.
WMST 255 Women in Literature
Also offered as ENGL 250. Images of women in literature by and about women.
WMST 275 World Literature by Women*
Also offered as CMLT 275. Comparative study of selected works by women writers of several countries, exploring points of intersection and divergence in women's literary representations.
WMST 281 Women in German Literature and Society
Also offered as GERM 281. A study of changing literary images and social roles of women from the beginning of the 19th-century to the present.
WMST 348 Literary Works by Women
Also offered as ENGL 348. The context, form, style, and meaning of literary works by women. Content for this class will vary based on selected topics for the semester (e.g., science fiction). Check current schedule of classes for current topics being offered.
WMST 408 Literature by Women before 1800
Also offered as ENGL 408. Selected writings by women in the medieval and early modern era.
WMST 444 Feminist Critical Theory
Also offered as ENGL 444. Issues in contemporary feminist thought that have particular relevance to textual studies, such as theories of language, literature, culture, interpretation, and identity.
WMST 448 Literature by Women of Color*
Also offered as ENGL 448. Literature by women of color in the United States, Britain, and in colonial and post-colonial countries.
WMST 458 Literature by Women after 1800
Also offered as ENGL 458. Selected writings by women after 1800.
WMST 466 Feminist Perspectives on Women in Art (3)
Also offered as ARTH 466. Principal focus on European and American women artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of new scholarship on women.
WMST 496 African-American Women Filmmakers*
Also offered as THET 496. The cinematic artistry of African American women filmmakers and the ways in which these films address the dual and inseparable roles of race and gender.
FREN 481 Femmes Fatales and the Representation of Violence in Literature, Opera, and Film
The problem of violence in art with respect to women and marginal populations. Taught in English.
FREN 482 Gender and Ethnicity in Modern French Literature*
Literature by women writers of France and other French-speaking areas with a focus on the relationship between gender, ethnicity and writing. Taught in English.
