Conducted in Spanis. Fulfills pre-1900 requirement in Latin American literature for Hispanic Studies Majors; elective for Minors in Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, and Women's Studies. Early Spanish-American society offered both unique opportunities and constraints for women writers. From women who participated in military campaigns to others who wrote from the convent or in the context of the literary circle, these authors reflect on the position of women in society, as well as on questions of love, marriage, family, work, and the public role of the female thinker and writer. Readings in a variety of genres by major writers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, and connections to representative twentieth-century works.
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