2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Apr 27, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WS 295 - Gender and Discourse

Type of Course: Seminar

Focuses on how cultural conceptions of gender guide language use for males and females and on ways in which discourse in its cultural context constructs gender. The implications for language use of ideology, enculturation and socialization patterns, dominance and inequality, and cultural diversity are considered. Both theory and research are covered and students conduct their own research projects. For undergraduate English majors and minors, this course satisfies the Theory or Criticism (D) requirement.

Cross Listed: COMM 295, ENG 295, ENG 395

Instructor: Ms. Johnson

When Offered: Offered 2010-2011

Faculty: Fern Johnson, Ph.D. Professor of English