By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:
Competency 1: Envision the present and future role and place of women.
Explain how women's writing has changed during the last century.
Describe the differences between a woman's voice in literature today and in the past.
Explore the cultural diversity of women authors in current literature.
Competency 2: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
In this unit, you have studied some contemporary women's literature and the developments in the field over the last century. Based on your studies and other activities in this unit, answer the following:
Describe examples of how women have emerged as writers in the last century .
Do you see the woman's voice as more audible in today's society? Why or why not?
What diverse voices do you see emerging? What voices are yet to be heard?