Universität Wien

120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies (2016S)

'Weaving Her Story': Visions of Envisioning the Female Artist in Western Culture

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 07.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 14.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 04.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 11.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 18.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 25.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 02.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 09.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 23.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 30.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 06.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 13.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 20.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Montag 27.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In their book The Madwoman in the Attic, Gilbert and Gubar use the term patriarchal poetry to talk about the dominance of male writing in Western culture and the implied link between creativity, writing and male sexuality.

This course will focus on representations of female weavers, seamstresses and spinners in Western culture, and we will ask ourselves if their production of text(iles) with threads and needles can be seen as an alternative to the male production of texts with pen and paper. We will also investigate whether the female weaver subordinates herself to patriarchal culture by confirming his-story, or whether she tells her own story.

We will start our discussion of the image of the female weaver with Greek mythology, explore how it has been employed in fairy tales, in Victorian and postmodern literature, as well as in art and in film.

All texts will be situated in their historical and cultural context and will be analysed with the help of feminist theories and other theoretical texts concentrating on the question of female creativity and writing.

The aim of this course is to introduce students to feminist (and psychoanalytic) theories and to show them how they can use these theories to analyse literature, art and films.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance, preparation of assigned texts, active participation in class discussions, presentation, short written assignments, end-term paper

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Regular attendance, preparation of texts and active participation in class (25%)
Presentation (15%)
Short written assignments (10%)
End-term paper (50%)

Prüfungsstoff

Theory and primary works analysed in class
class discussions
student presentations
Academic writing (assignments and end-term paper)

Literatur

Texts:
Excerpts from theoretical texts, Greek myths and fairy tales will be made available
Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace. 1997.
Whitney, Otto. How to Make an American Quilt. 1992.
Film(s) t.b.a.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612;
Code/Modul: BA09.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-4040

Letzte Änderung: Mi 09.09.2020 00:22