Wellbeing, Gender, and Literature

Encounters the voices of women and other marginalized populations as represented in various literary genres in order to explore gender, class, race, sexuality, identity and politics. Incorporates feminist literary theory to critically examine the representation of, and authorship by, women in text. Explores systemic challenges to, in addition to opportunities for increased wellbeing in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Considers constructs and performativities of gender and the complex ways in which gender, power, and freedom intersect in order to expose and reimagine new kinds of gender relationships as per SDG 5: Gender Equality.