ENG 255 WT POWER DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL PROWESS

In this course, students will analyze the power dynamics of strong lead characters – both male and female – and the struggles they encounter to survive, persevere, and even flourish in their ambitious quests for control and authority. We will further discuss how these quests affect their interpersonal relationships as well as with society at large. Texts will include different genres such as Isabel Allende’s short story “An Act of Vengeance” and sections of the fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin.