Intercultural Literature Studies: Literature and Gender - Literary Theory and Criticism

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• use literary gender theory and concepts such as gender, sexuality, identity and power by placing these in a wider cultural, social and aesthetic context
• explain their own interpretations and analyses of literary works and texts on literary criticism and literary theory
• provide constructive and critical feedback on the work of other students
• from a critical perspective on power relations, evaluate and assess representations of contemporary events using gender theory.

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• use literary gender theory and concepts such as gender, sexuality, identity and power by placing these in a wider cultural, social and aesthetic context
• explain their own interpretations and analyses of literary works and texts on literary criticism and literary theory
• provide constructive and critical feedback on the work of other students
• from a critical perspective on power relations, evaluate and assess representations of contemporary events using gender theory.