國際婦女之聲有幾個目標。 它透過來自亞洲,非洲,中東,拉丁美洲和北美洲的當代婦女作家向學生介紹多種作品。 重點放在非西方作家的作品。 之所以會選擇這些作品，主要是想鼓勵學生透過閱讀這些作品，去思考這些作品如何反映出其不同的文化遺產，而且就某種程度上而言，我們得以發現一種超越民族文化的女性之聲。 藉由課堂授課和閱讀, 學生了解這些作者描述的每個國家的歷史和文化。 這門課程的主題，是在研究每位作家如何受到殖民主義,宗教,國家形成和語言的影響。 另外,學生也檢視女性在父系文化內的社會化模式；以及作者她們在那些想像世界中, 如何消弭或釐清她們所虛擬的角色人物在愛情,職業,身分,性別角色,婚姻和政治…等領域中交錯的關係。
International Women’s Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how each author’s work reflects a distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, we can identify a female voice that transcends national cultures. In lectures and readings distributed in class, students learn about the history and culture of each of the countries these authors represent. The way in which colonialism, religion, nation formation and language influence each writer is a major concern of this course. In addition, students examine the patterns of socialization of women in patriarchal cultures, and how, in the imaginary world, authors resolve or understand the relationship of the characters to love, work, identity, sex roles, marriage, and politics.
