LIT3383 - Fall 2025 - Destin

In this section of Women in Literature, we will explore a wide range of portrayals of women in fiction. Our primary focus will be on contemporary women novelists, but the course will also incorporate poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Topics of discussion will include the marriage plot, patriarchy, sanity/madness, motherhood, friendship, and the role that race, class, and sexuality play in defining the experience of womanhood. Possible authors include Jane Austen, Toni Morrison, Han Kang, Alice Munro, Jaquira Díaz, Jesmyn Ward, and Michelle Zauner.