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EN3132: Women, Writing, and World Literature (S2)
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This module offers an introduction to a selection of world literature by focusing on gender and globalization in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. We will examine the ways in which texts mediate between local conditions and literary forms, particularly in relation to gender, confronting a (prospectively) global audience. The module has been arranged into 5 units of intellectual debate and the works will be read comparatively, in relation to one another, and as contributions to particular literary and cultural traditions. We will question the categories of ‘women’s writing,’ ‘global literature,’ and ‘the West vs the Rest.’ We will also ask: what it means to read texts in the ‘world-language’ of English; how literary forms and strategies ‘travel;’ what are the potentials and limitations of comparative analysis; and how we might think of texts not only in relation to nations but also in relation to world-systems.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of different theories related to world literature, gender and globalization.
- Engage with these theories in tandem with a range of selected primary texts.
- Show understanding of literary texts in relation to contemporary social and historical conditions and contexts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between ideology and literature, for example capitalism, development, patriarchy, racism, and heterosexism etc.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- DEARBHLA MOONEY:
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- IRENE OMALLEY:
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Reading List
- "Brick Lane" by Monica Ali
ISBN: 9780552771153. - "Village By the Sea" by Anita Desai
ISBN: 9780143335498. - "All Because of You" by Melissa Hill
ISBN: 9780099499695. - "The 30th Candle" by Angela Makholwa
ISBN: 978177010158. - "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 978030727676.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.