135034 PS Literary Theory (PS): Feminist Literary Theory (2023S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.02.2023 00:01 to We 22.02.2023 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 06.03. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 20.03. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 27.03. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 17.04. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 24.04. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 08.05. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 15.05. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 22.05. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 05.06. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 12.06. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 19.06. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Monday 26.06. 15:15 - 16:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
-participation and homework- 5 short response essays on weekly topics, app. 500 words each (20%)
-participation in class discussion (10%)
-oral presentation and leading discussion (20%)
-seminar paper, 3500 words (50%) awarded at least 50 points, due August 31, 2023Permitted aids: ANY
-participation in class discussion (10%)
-oral presentation and leading discussion (20%)
-seminar paper, 3500 words (50%) awarded at least 50 points, due August 31, 2023Permitted aids: ANY
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
minimum requirements:
-regular attendance
-participation in class
-submitting homework essays on time
-5 short response essays (20%)
-participation in class discussion (10%)
-oral presentation and leading discussion (20%)
-seminar paper (50%) due August 31. Topics will be given to choose from.Key evaluation criteria of written work:
1) The soundness and originality of the argument (Is it well argued and convincing? Is it supported with evidence? Is it your own interpretation?)
2) The ability to read a text closely and interpret both form and content
3) The ability to apply theoretical notions to texts
4) Grammar, style and composition (Are there transitions between paragraphs?)
5) Presentation (choose one referencing style and use it consistently)Minimum requirements and assessment criteria for the final essay:1) Contents (in particular detection of the central points; clear formulation, structure and organization of the argument, supported with evidence from primary and secondary sources; the ability to read text closely and interpret both form, content and context; the ability to reflect critically on the relations between primary and relevant secondary texts, instead of just citing secondary texts as a source of authority and interpretation; correctness of methodology; originality; creativity 60%2) Format (esp. layout, formatting, and citation practice): 20%3) Language (particularly scholarly terminology and correct use of technical terms; clear and understandable language; correct spelling, grammar, and sentence composition; style): 20%In all three areas at least 50% of the points must be achieved in order to obtain credit. The mark breakdown is as follows:(1) 90-100 %
(2) 80-89 %
(3) 65-79 %
(4) 50-64 %
(5) 49 -0 %
-regular attendance
-participation in class
-submitting homework essays on time
-5 short response essays (20%)
-participation in class discussion (10%)
-oral presentation and leading discussion (20%)
-seminar paper (50%) due August 31. Topics will be given to choose from.Key evaluation criteria of written work:
1) The soundness and originality of the argument (Is it well argued and convincing? Is it supported with evidence? Is it your own interpretation?)
2) The ability to read a text closely and interpret both form and content
3) The ability to apply theoretical notions to texts
4) Grammar, style and composition (Are there transitions between paragraphs?)
5) Presentation (choose one referencing style and use it consistently)Minimum requirements and assessment criteria for the final essay:1) Contents (in particular detection of the central points; clear formulation, structure and organization of the argument, supported with evidence from primary and secondary sources; the ability to read text closely and interpret both form, content and context; the ability to reflect critically on the relations between primary and relevant secondary texts, instead of just citing secondary texts as a source of authority and interpretation; correctness of methodology; originality; creativity 60%2) Format (esp. layout, formatting, and citation practice): 20%3) Language (particularly scholarly terminology and correct use of technical terms; clear and understandable language; correct spelling, grammar, and sentence composition; style): 20%In all three areas at least 50% of the points must be achieved in order to obtain credit. The mark breakdown is as follows:(1) 90-100 %
(2) 80-89 %
(3) 65-79 %
(4) 50-64 %
(5) 49 -0 %
Examination topics
-defining feminist writing
-the representations of women in literature
-the representation of women in mythology and fairy tales
-women and authorship
-history and genealogy of women’s writing
-women writers and the canon
-feminist criticism of male writing
-feminist criticism of women's writing
-genre and feminism
-feminism and female sexuality
-feminism and language
- écriture feminine and feminist aesthetics
-feminism and psychoanalysis
-the representations of women in literature
-the representation of women in mythology and fairy tales
-women and authorship
-history and genealogy of women’s writing
-women writers and the canon
-feminist criticism of male writing
-feminist criticism of women's writing
-genre and feminism
-feminism and female sexuality
-feminism and language
- écriture feminine and feminist aesthetics
-feminism and psychoanalysis
Reading list
Primary sources:
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929)
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Mary Ellmann, Thinking about Women (1968)
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics (1969)
Elaine Showalter, A Literature of Their Own (1977)
Elaine Showalter, “Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness”, Critical Inquiry 8.2 (1981):179-205.
Dale Spender, Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers before Jane Austen (1986)
Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination (1979)
F. R. Leavis, The Great Tradition (1948)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
Eliza Haywood, A Wife to Be Lett (1724)
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847)
Catherine Mansfield, selected short stories
Jamaica Kincaid, selected short stories
Grimm’s fairy tales
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)Secondary sources:
Peter Barry, Beginning Theory (1995)
Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (2009)
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929)
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Mary Ellmann, Thinking about Women (1968)
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics (1969)
Elaine Showalter, A Literature of Their Own (1977)
Elaine Showalter, “Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness”, Critical Inquiry 8.2 (1981):179-205.
Dale Spender, Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers before Jane Austen (1986)
Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination (1979)
F. R. Leavis, The Great Tradition (1948)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
Eliza Haywood, A Wife to Be Lett (1724)
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847)
Catherine Mansfield, selected short stories
Jamaica Kincaid, selected short stories
Grimm’s fairy tales
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)Secondary sources:
Peter Barry, Beginning Theory (1995)
Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (2009)
Association in the course directory
BA M3
Last modified: Th 04.07.2024 00:13
The women’s movement has always been crucially concerned with books and literature. Since the late 1960s, feminism has revolutionized literary and cultural studies to the extent that since the 1990s we speak of a “gender turn” in the humanities and social sciences. Feminist literary theory should therefore be seen not only as concerned with literature and confined to the comparative literature classroom, but as a cultural theory with an impact on thinking about sexual difference, gender power and gendered structures in society. By focusing on gender as an analytical category, feminist literary criticism has radically changed thinking about literature and questions such as, What is meaning? What is an author? What is the subject who writes, reads or acts? How does a text change depending on who is reading? How do texts relate to the circumstances in which they are produced?
This introductory course will give an overview of the history and practice of feminist literary studies, focusing on key canonical texts from the British, American and French tradition. It will cover feminist literary theory, history and criticism and show a variety of approaches as they developed over time. Issues to be discussed include the definitions of feminist writing, representations of women in literature, authorship, history and genealogy of women’s writing, the canon, criticism, genres, language, feminist aesthetics, feminism and poststructuralism, feminism and psychoanalysis.Aims (Ziele):
• identify, analyse and understand the key aspects, contexts and the practice of feminist literary studies, including theory, history and criticism
• apply close reading skills and critical thinking to a variety of literary texts
• reflect critically on the relations between primary texts and relevant secondary texts
• discriminate between ideas and justify personal positions
• produce well-structured, relevant arguments with an appropriate intellectual frameworkMethod: lecture, discussion, student presentation, written homework