A Closing Thought

At the beginning of this class, "Women in Literature," I was unsure of what to expect. Honestly I thought that we would be reading book about women in their lives and how they became writers. Now, I have come to find out that I was very wrong. Throughout this session, I learned many different things about many different women. We went into depth about enslaved women, women of color, views of motherhood etc. 

      One of my favorite sections was women of color. I feel as if I really liked all of the stories that were covered, but one story that stuck out the most to me was Recititaf.  Within this story, the underlying themes were incredible the way that Toni Morrison presented them. Once agian, within this story she never revealed what race each girl was.  This lead to many different ideas that one may form about the story. 

      Another interesting subject that we covered in class, was the issue of getting past race. Within this section, we learned about "Desiree's Baby", and "Dreaming Ourselves Dark and Deep: Black Beauty".  I really enjoyed the article Dreaming Ourselves Dark and Deep, because it went over many of the myths about African AMerican women even today. Being an African AMerican woman, I could relate to a lot of the ideas that were within the article. I felt as if someone had taken a lot of things that I had heard throughout my lifetime and put them all down on paper. 

       In conclusion, there were many interesting topics and stories that were discussed this session. I gained a better knowledge of what women in literature meant. It was not just about women and their lives, but also about women in society and their outlook of their place in society. Over the time of the class, I learned how to analyze stories and really relate to themes, motives, and messages within all the texts. Overall, I really enjoyed everything about this class!!