ENG 255 D POWER AND POLITICS

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. The course will further discuss how these quests affect interpersonal relationships as well as society at large. Texts will include genres such as Isabel Allende’s short story “An Act of Vengeance” i and sections of the fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin.