Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
Graduate in English Studies |
Subjects |
GENDER AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH |
Methodologies |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2013_14 |
Subject | GENDER AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | Code | 12274217 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Optional | First |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Description | |
Introductory activities | An introduction to theoretical frameworks: * what is gender? * the development of gender & genre in literature and philosophy * Author & Authority * The Death of the Author: Roland Barthes versus Barbara Christian |
Lecture | Gender theories & * Psychoanalysis * ideologies * Language * Sexuality & Power |
Seminars | Guided discussions of textual analyses. Class debates. Problem solving. |
Presentations / expositions | The class will be divided into groups of 3 or 4 (depending on the total number of students). Each group will prepare a power-point presentation on a topic of their choice. The topic has to be discussed with me in a tutorial at least one week before the presentation. After your presentation, you have to hand in a written summary within a week. More details will be given on Moodle |
Personal tuition | Group tutorials: these should take place at least one week before your class presentation. All group members must be present for the tutorial. |