LIT 2000 Spring 2022 Mitchell

This course serves as an introduction to reading and understanding literature. The novels we will read in this course focus on familial relationships in the lives of girls and young women. As we discuss and point out the formal elements of literature present in each novel, we will also discuss the importance of these relationships in the young girl’s life as she comes of age. We will question: How are girls and young women influenced by these relationships in their lives? Ultimately, how do these relationships aid in the growth of the girl/young woman as she comes of age? Course texts include: Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward), The Color Purple (Alice Walker), Dominicana (Angie Cruz), and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini).