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ENGL475 Feminism and Literature

Updated: 07 May 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENGL375
Notes

offered in even numbered years
Combined Units ENGL375 - Feminism and Literature
Coordinator(s) Louise Noble (lnoble2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides an introduction to the study of literature from a set of varied and sometimes divergent critical perspectives which are linked together by a shared commitment to the broader principles of feminism. In its consideration of texts written by women from the 17th to the 20th centuries, it offers a strategic sampling of writing practices ranging from realism to experimentalism.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Feminist Literary Theory
ISBN: 9780631197348
Eagleton, M. (ed), Blackwell 2nd ed. 1996
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Jane Eyre
ISBN: 9780141441146
Bronte, C., Penguin 2006
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Beloved
ISBN: 9780099273936
Morrison, T., Vintage 1999
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
The Waves
ISBN: 9780141182711
Woolf, V., Penguin
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Final Harvest
ISBN: 9780316184151
Dickinson, E., Time Warner
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
The Mill on the Floss
ISBN: 9780199536764
Eliot, G., Oxford 2008
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Online Quiz 10% Off Campus
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Research essay 60% Off Campus 5000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Research proposal 30% Off Campus 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2,4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. apply a significant knowledge of selected women's writing practices ranging from realism to experimentalism;
  2. understand at an advanced level some of the critical issues involved in gendered reading;
  3. engage at an advanced level in a feminist reading practice;
  4. apply advanced skills in critical analysis of literature;
  5. apply high level written communication skills.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces students to the study of literature influenced by the principles of feminism. It is assessed in all assessment components. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The skills of written communication and formal argument are taught, practised and assessed in this unit. Written expression is one of the criteria for assessment and students are provided with recommended reading in the area of academic writing, and receive written feedback on their reasoning and writing skills. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit introduces students to creative and critical writing by women from Britain, France, South Africa and the USA. While it does not explicitly teach comparative cultural studies, students have the opportunity to explore the ways in which writers from various cultures have dealt with a range of issues central to feminism. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Students in this unit practise skills in acquiring information through print-based and electronic research tools and are assessed on the organisation and presentation of high-quality evidence in the assignments. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit allows students to practice a range of academic skills which facilitate independent learning. 		True
6 Problem Solving
The expository research essay and learning activities supplied with teaching material require students to identify critical issues in the area of feminist literary studies. Students are required to conceptualise problems and to collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem-solving within this area of study. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Feminist literary criticism is concerned to relate the reading of literature to socio-political life and requires students to analyse the issues associated with gender difference. 		True True True
   

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