ENGL 253 - Pens and Needles: Gender and Media in Early America

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

In a culture suspicious of their public speech, what genres and media did early American women from diverse socioeconomic, regional, and racial backgrounds use to record their lives and why? This course explores women’s “writings”-broadly construed-between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries, examining a wide variety of literary genres alongside media such as quilts, tapestries, embroidery, and wampum to understand how women fashioned literary identities and recorded their lives. American, Diversity, 1700-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: D. Skeehan
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled ‘200-Level Courses.’