Women's Writings

Code:

MEAAM006

Acronym:

EM

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Anglo-American Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAAM	1	Course Programme	1	-	9	-
MEAA	3	Study Plan since 2007/2008	1	-	9	-

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This seminar aims at familiarising the students with an expressive number of texts written by women, inviting to a reflection on their specificities. The authors, the issues discussed and the literary genres that we are going to focus on will be duly contextualized; at the end of the semester, students are expected to present an essay reflecting competences of analysis of a literary text written by a female author, as well as profound consideration of its literary, historical and thematic framework.On the whole, the programme will provide students with specific skills, theoretical information and conceptual tools that will enable them, at the end of the seminar, to have a critical understanding and a deep knowledge of some of the main trends of Women Studies.

Program

1. Introduction
1.1. The construction of the literary canon
1.2. The specificity of women’s writings
2. Poetry by Women
2.1. Emily Dickinson
2.2. Sylvia Plath
2.3. Elizabeth Jennings
3. Literary Journalism
3.1. The Female Tatler
3.2. The Female Spectator
4. Short-Story
4.1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
4.2. Katherine Mansfield, Collected Short-Stories
4.3. Karen Blixen, “The Blank Page”
5. Narrative
5.1. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
5.2. Eudora Welty, The Robber Bridegroom

Teaching methods and learning activities

Discussion of theories and contents.

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
Research	Trabalho escrito	163,00		2011-07-01
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	35	2011-07-01
	Total:	35,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance to 75% of the seminars will be required.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark will be based on the following evaluation components:

-Active participation in seminars -20%;
- A written essay to be discussed at the end of the semester - 80%


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Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N/A

Classification improvement

N/A