ENGL3013
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
In this course, you will read literature written by women from the 14th century CE to today. The course focuses on writing produced in the English-speaking world but may include significant works in translation. You will learn about the formal features of women’s writing, including the ways women adopt, adapt, and challenge broader literary traditions. The course explores the conditions under which women wrote and published as well as how their works were received by their first readers. It provides opportunities not only to explore key issues and debates in contemporary scholarship on women’s writing but to contribute to them through a collaborative class project. Together, we will think about what constitutes “women’s writing” and the effects (both positive and negative) of categorizing literary works in this way.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2024.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Interpret literary works by women at an advanced undergraduate level;
2. Explain and participate in critical and theoretical debates surrounding women's writing at advanced undergraduate level;
3. Explain cultural, intercultural, and transhistorical concerns relating to women's writing;
4. Locate and compile selections from primary and secondary sources relevant to women authors.
Content
Topics will include:
- Features of literary language used by women writers, including genre and form;
- Literary, cultural, and sociopolitical themes of women’s writing;
- The historical and material contexts in which women wrote and shared their work;
- The status and reception of women’s writing across various geographical locations and time periods;
- Critical and theoretical debates related to women’s writing.
Requisite
This course replaces ENGL3651. If you have successfully completed ENGL3651 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
40 units of English
Assessment items
Essay: Essay
Portfolio: Commonplace book
Project: Contributions to class WikiBook
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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