Academic Catalog

ELIT618 WOMEN AND WRITING

Course Code: 8210618
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: English Literature
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. NURTEN BÝRLÝK
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The relationship between women and the idea of "author" and "authority". How women writers try to find a space for writing in their own terms and the strategies they develop to be recognized in the male-dominated world of writing and publishing. The work of prominent feminist theorists as well as a wide selection of creative writers are examined.