Critical and Theoretical Perspectives in Black Women's Writings
Critical and theoretical perspectives on black women's writings, analyzing literary works through historical, philosophical, political, and feminist methods.
Summary
Past student reviews · Brittney Edmonds
The course involved challenging readings that Dr. Edmonds helped students digest. She focused on developing and polishing arguments, and one student noted her grading was fair, though it could have been stricter.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify major literary forms and their functions in the history of black women’s writing.
Describe the goals, challenges, and questions raised by the thematic and aesthetic choices of black women creators.
Describe the theoretical frameworks that black women use to make sense of their social position.
Describe the critical interventions black women intellectuals have made in traditional scholarly disciplines.
Develop a research project that contextualizes the frameworks Black women use to shape representations of race and gender across a broad range of literary texts and other forms of creative expression.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Prerequisites
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- Sophomore standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
BRITTNEY EDMONDS is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Brittney Edmonds
Students described Dr. Edmonds as funny, knowledgeable, and willing to challenge opinions, making the class interesting. One student found the experience intimidating initially but ultimately learned a lot from her approach.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.08 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.69 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.69 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Brittney Edmonds
The course involved challenging readings that Dr. Edmonds helped students digest. She focused on developing and polishing arguments, and one student noted her grading was fair, though it could have been stricter.
Past student reviews · Brittney Edmonds
One student felt frustrated, stating that Dr. Edmonds did not allow for opinions other than her own and that the class content was never applied effectively. This student expressed regret about taking the class.
Topics
- Historical, philosophical, political, and feminist critical methods applied to literary works.
- Thematic and aesthetic choices of black women creators.
- Representations of race and gender in literary texts and creative expression.
Skills
- Literary analysis using historical, philosophical, political, and feminist critical methods.
- Identification of major literary forms and their functions in the history of black women's writing.
- Description of theoretical frameworks used by black women to interpret their social position.
- Analysis of critical interventions by black women intellectuals in scholarly disciplines.
- Development of a research project contextualizing frameworks for shaping representations of race and gender.
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