Requires students to analyze, interpret and write critically about a select number of texts by and about women to investigate how women represent ourselves. The course contributes to students' critical skills by teaching them to read and write about literature, and it introduces diversity into the curriculum by presenting authors who are often omitted from the literary canon. Students will discuss texts and question what we read, as well as write about the texts with critical engagement. Fulfills general education requirements in literature and gender studies and general education requirement in impact of diversity. [3 credits]