Women in Caribbean and Latin American Literature

The student will discuss and analyze women as a creative force in Caribbean and Latin American literature; appraise their contribution to and influence on the various genres; and discuss, analyze, and interpret their involvement in social, political, and cultural conflicts as contained in literary works. The student will discuss and analyze their different roles as portrayed in the works of major writers; and trace the evolution of the concept of womanhood in the various literary movements from the 19th through the early twenty first century.

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