| Unit name | Women and Writing |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGLM3003 |
| Credit points | 30 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Lesel Dawson |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences |
This unit aims to explore the development of women's writing from the medieval 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' 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.
