ENG 160 - Introduction To Studies In Women's Writing
Department: English
Description: Readings in a variety of genres and historical periods.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education: HUM - Humanities
IAI Gen Ed Code: IAI H3 911D Literature and Gender
Current Offerings
Fall 2025
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): M W 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Sheilla Nelson 3.00 hour(s)
Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025
Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 347B (STV 347B)
Instructor: Sheilla Nelson
Spring 2026
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): M W 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Katharine Landers 3.00 hour(s)
- 002 - Lecture (In Person): M W 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , Katharine Landers 3.00 hour(s)
Dates: 01/12/2026 - 05/02/2026
Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 211 (STV 211)
Instructor: Katharine Landers
Class Notes: This course will examine British and American women’s writing from the seventeenth century through the present day through the lens of “worldmaking”—a term we might place alongside “utopia” and “dystopia,” “science fiction,” “speculative fiction,” and “fantasy.” We will ask why women writers reach for fictions that make and break worlds in order to respond to problems of their own worlds, including heteropatriarchy, racism, imperialist colonialism, climate crisis, and more. How do women writers interrogate gender through their worldmaking works and how do their identities influence how we understand their writings? This course will consider worldmaking/breaking short fiction, novels, and dramatic literature, including works by Margaret Cavendish, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Jessamine Chan.
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.
Dates: 01/12/2026 - 05/02/2026
Location: Adlai E. Stevenson Hall 211 (STV 211)
Instructor: Katharine Landers
Class Notes: This course will examine British and American women’s writing from the seventeenth century through the present day through the lens of “worldmaking”—a term we might place alongside “utopia” and “dystopia,” “science fiction,” “speculative fiction,” and “fantasy.” We will ask why women writers reach for fictions that make and break worlds in order to respond to problems of their own worlds, including heteropatriarchy, racism, imperialist colonialism, climate crisis, and more. How do women writers interrogate gender through their worldmaking works and how do their identities influence how we understand their writings? This course will consider worldmaking/breaking short fiction, novels, and dramatic literature, including works by Margaret Cavendish, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Jessamine Chan.
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.