Postgraduate Course: Twentieth Century Feminist Fictions (ENLI11121)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course aims to examine the importance of stories and myths in the shaping of 'femininity', and to explore the cultural significance of rewriting stories and positing new narratives within the feminist movement. Accordingly, the course is divided into two sections; the first, 'Rewriting the Past', and the second, 'Constructing the Future'. While the majority of set texts are literary, the course is not solely concerned with literary analysis: it is also concerned with examining the social construction of femininity and the role that 'popular culture' (in the form of literary texts and films) plays in perpetuating or challenging existing models of femininity and expectations of female behaviour. In this way, it is based upon the assumption that literature and film do not only 'reflect' social norms and values but can also play a role in '(re)producing' them. While the course is entitled 'Twentieth-Century Feminist Fictions' students will be encouraged to question the degree to which these texts can be defined as 'feminist'. *This course is taught jointly with undergraduate students and consequently postgraduate places are limited
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
An understanding of the various ways in which femininity is constructed through literature and film. An understanding of the assumption that literature and film do not only 'reflect' social norms and values but can also play a role in '(re)producing' them. An ability to understand and to question the degree to which the course texts can be defined as 'feminist'.