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Critical Feminist Readings

Course Description

Students will learn basic methods of feminist critical reading. This will prepare them to better read and understand feminist theory. Topics will include feminist critical thinking, media literacy and criticism, and text interpretation, including both written and multimedia texts.

Athena Title

Critical Feminist Readings

Prerequisite

WMST 1110 or WMST 1110E or WMST 1110H or WMST 2010 or WMST 2010H

Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will be better prepared going into the feminist theories course to read high level theory.
  • In addition to reading and interpretation of texts, students will be asked to give oral presentations of critical feminist perspectives and to improve critical writing skills.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction and course overview
  • What is critical feminist reading?
  • Media literacy
  • Feminist criticism/interpretation
  • Reading difficult texts: How and why to do it
  • Presentations and conclusion

Syllabus

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