Spring 2027

Rebellious Women From the Global South

This course explores how women in francophone regions gain agency through literature, movies, comics, and songs to contest domination, exclusion, and injustice based on gender, race, class, and religion.

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Summary

1 / 7

Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery

The course required homework for nearly every class, which sometimes involved watching long movies or reading confusing books. Assessments included two papers, a midterm, and a final exam, so keeping up with the work was essential for success.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify key women writers, filmmakers, and/or artists associated with the course topic.

  • Be familiar with the socio-historical contexts in which these women thrive.

  • Learn how to closely read and critically analyze literary texts, films and artistic works.

  • Demonstrate improvement in oral and writing skills.

  • Show awareness of variances in culture, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and religion inherent in all societies.

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Prerequisites

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FRENCH/GEN&WS 285

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Professors

Spring 2027

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NEVINE EL-NOSSERY is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery

Professor El-Nossery taught with a kind and knowledgeable approach, using interesting readings and films to help students understand the material. Students found her lectures fun and her analysis of the books helpful for their learning.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.38 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.71 GPA, 85.1% A/AB (n=47 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery

The course required homework for nearly every class, which sometimes involved watching long movies or reading confusing books. Assessments included two papers, a midterm, and a final exam, so keeping up with the work was essential for success.

Past student reviews · Nevine El-Nossery

One student found the many writing assignments beneficial and noted that the professor provided super great detailed feedback. They also felt the grading on these assignments was fair, which made the workload feel manageable and helpful for improvement.

Topics

  • Literature, movies, comics, and songs
  • Domination, exclusion, and injustice based on gender, race, class, and religion
  • North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East

Skills

  • Closely read and critically analyze literary texts, films, and artistic works.
  • Improve oral and writing skills.
  • Identify key women writers, filmmakers, and artists.

Grades

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About this comparison

1292 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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