Learning Outcomes
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.
Course Content
The course includes studies of fiction from different continents, with focus on gender-theoretical questions, from both an ideological-critical as well as an aesthetical perspective. The course highlights aspects of literary theories and methods relating to gender that problematise gender, sexuality, identity and power as well as the conditions for women‘s creation and aesthetics.
Assessment
- Active participation in seminars
- Written assignments
Grades
The grading scale used for the final course grade is A–F.
Grades are reported as follows:
- Literature and Gender - Literary Theory and Criticism - 7.5 Credits | A–F
Entry Requirements
- Bachelor Degree of 180 credits in the field of Humanities, Social Sciences or Education and English 6
Other Information
This course overlaps the previous course code AJP25X.
This course cannot be counted towards the same degree along with courses that have equivalent content.
If the student has received a decision/recommendation granting study support from Dalarna University because of a disability, then the examiner has the right to offer an alternative examination arrangement. The examiner takes into account the objectives in the course syllabus when deciding whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.