DADES IDENTIFICATIVES 2011_12
Assignatura (*) REPRESENTACIONS DE GÈNERE A LA LITERATURA IRLANDESA CONTEMPORÀNIA Codi 12605107
Ensenyament
Estudis Culturals en Llengua Anglesa, Textos i Contextos (2009)
Cicle 2n
Descriptors Crèd. Tipus Curs Període
6 Obligatòria Primer Únic anual
Llengua d'impartició
Anglès
Departament Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Coordinador/a
ANDREU JIMÉNEZ, MARIA CRISTINA
Adreça electrònica cristina.andreu@urv.cat
Professors/es
ANDREU JIMÉNEZ, MARIA CRISTINA
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Descripció general i informació rellevant This module will explore Irish literary writing’s deployment of gender representation and its engagement with gender politics, focusing on the past fifty years and attending to the genres of the novel, drama and poetry.

Competències
Tipus A Codi Competències Específiques
  Recerca
  AR2 Processar informacions d’origen divers relacionades amb els Estudis Culturals
  AR3 Articular un discurs acadèmic coherent basat en l’anàlisi científic de les dades obtingudes
  AR4 Analitzar diverses manifestacions artístiques dels països de parla anglesa diferenciant entre els conceptes d’anàlisi i opinió
  AR7 Desenvolupar habilitades investigadores que permeten l’autonomia a l’aprenentatge
  AR8 Aplicar diferents models teòrics a l’anàlisi textual i contextual
  AR9 Valorar les sinèrgies que genera la multiculturalitat a les societats de parla anglesa
Tipus B Codi Competències Transversals
  Recerca
  BR3 Aplicar pensament crític, lògic i creatiu, a la vanguàrdia del camp d’estudi
  BR4 Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa
  BR5 Treballar en equip de forma col•laborativa i responsabilitat compartida en clau de lideratge
  BR6 Comunicar informació, idees, problemes i solucions de manera clara i efectiva en públic o àmbit tècnic concret
Tipus C Codi Competències Nuclears
  Comú
  Recerca
  CR2 Gestionar la informació i el coneixement

Objectius d'aprenentatge
Objectius Competències
To provide students with theoretical information and critical tools to be able to understand the main characteristics and developments in contemporary Irish literature written by women. The aim of the course is to generate the critical awareness that will allow students to evaluate the larger achievements and potential of Irish literary writing in its alertness to gender’s pivotal role in Irish life. AR2
AR3
AR4
AR7
AR8
BR3
BR4
BR6
CR2
Course themes include the influence of Irish patriarchy; storytelling as healing; coming-of-age and transgressive sexuality; the artist and the gendered nation, and the gender of the Celtic Tiger AR3
AR4
AR8
AR9
BR3
BR4
BR5

Continguts
Tema Subtema
Gender representation in Irish writing.
Critical awareness of the historical background to gender representation in Irish writing, focusing on the representation of woman as nation. Patriarchy, religion and society.
Strategies and techniques in the representation of gender in Irish writing by or on women. Formal strategies of Irish writers in terms of their use or representation of gender.
Questions of identity: gender and nation Irish patriarchy; storytelling as healing.
Coming-of-age and transgressive sexuality.
Contemporary developments in Irish society and culture. The artist and the gendered nation.
Gender of the Celtic Tiger.
Nationalism, aesthetics, and modernity
Contemprary Irish drama and the role of women. Experiemntal trends in contemporary Irish drama. A new scenario: transgressive gender representations.

Planificació
Metodologies  ::  Proves
  Competències (*) Hores a classe Hores fora de classe (**) Hores totals
Activitats Introductòries
2 0 2
 
Sessió Magistral
8 0 8
Treballs
10 40 50
Seminaris
14 28 42
Presentacions / exposicions
12 24 36
 
Atenció personalitzada
3 6 9
 
 
(*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor.
(**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat

Metodologies
Metodologies
  Descripció
Activitats Introductòries The introductory sessions will be based on an explanation of the syllabus, the texts in the dossier, the grading system, and seminar presentations.
Sessió Magistral The main topics contained in the course syllabus will be introduced in lecture form. Following that, students will be asked to read on related texts in the dossier.
Treballs Students willbe asked to produce 3 short essays/assignments based on topics related to the topics studied in class (seminar sessions)
Seminaris Seminar sessions will be based on readings and analysis of literary or theoretical texts.

Students will be encouraged to engage in these sessions, as they will be an important part of part of their course assessment.
Presentacions / exposicions Each student will be asked to do a research on a topic of their choice, related to any of the topics studied in the course.

At the end of this process, each student will do a class presentation in which they will expose their work in seminar form.

The choice of topic, the research and the presentation will be discussed with the teacher in tutorial sessions.

Atenció personalitzada
 
Treballs
Presentacions / exposicions
Descripció
Students will always be welcome to use the teacher's visiting hours, which will be duly notified at the beginnig of the course. Students' individual research and work for presentations will be discussed with the teacher ed in tutorials.

Avaluació
  Descripció Pes
Treballs Students willbe asked to produce 3 short essays/assignments based on the topics studied in class (seminar sessions). 30%
Seminaris Students will be expected to actively participate actively in the seminar sessions.
25
Presentacions / exposicions Each student will do a class presentation in which they will expose their based on their individual research. 40%
Altres

Regular attendance in class and active involvement in discussion will be an essential requirement. Students will be expected to have read set texts (both literary and theoretical) in advance of seminar sessions.

5
 
Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria

Plagiarism is totally unacceptable as an academic practice. Copy-paste or any form of non-quoted borrowing of original material will be considered plagiarism.


Fonts d'informació

Bàsica Selina Guiness, The New Irish Poets, Bloodaxe, 2004
Eavan Boland, New Collected Poems, Carcanet , 2005
Robert Savage (ed.), Ireland in the New Century, Four Courts Press, 2006
Deirdre Madden, Authenticity, Faber, 2002
Marina Carr, The Mai, The Galery Press, 1998
McGahern, John, Amongst Women, Faber, 1990
Michael Kenneally, Cultural Contexts ans Literary Idioms In contemporary Irish Literature, Barnes and Noble Imports, 2009

Course dossier with selected poems and essays.

Complementària Guiness, Selina, The New Irish Poets, Bloodaxe, 2004
Robert Savage (ed.), Ireland in the New Century, Four Courts Press, 2006
Eibhear Walshe, Sex, Nation and Dissent in Irish Writing, New YorK. St. Martin's, 1997

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