| Unit name | Women and Writing |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGLM3016 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Jones |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit aims to explore the development of women&�s writing from the renaissance period to the present day, exploring some of the cultural, economic, and intellectual challenges that faced women writers, and the ways in which they established themselves as authors. Topics covered will include: representations of women; women's exclusion from history and from the literary canon; definitions of $�women's writing'; representations and self-representations of women; the problem of male narrators and pseudonyms; the influence of literary conventions, and the changing ways in which women have responded to dominant ideologies surrounding female sexuality and women&�s role. The course will pay particular attention to how women writers have carved out an imaginative creative space at different moments in literary history. The role of the feminist critic in reclaiming a distinctive tradition of women&�s writing will be kept in mind and consideration paid to the value of terms such as $�feminist&� or $�woman-centred&� in categorising writing by and about women.
