Unit name | Emerging Voices: Women Writers in 20th Century Italy |
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Unit code | ITAL20023 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Benchouiha |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Italian |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The aim of this unit is to explore a range of writing by Italian women spanning the twentieth century and read against the wider context of the position of women in Italian society over this period as challenged by early-twentieth century proto-feminists through to second wave feminists of the 1970s onwards.