Gender and the Body in Narrative Discourse
Code: 45366 ECTS Credits: 5| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3500084 English Studies: Linguistic, Literary and Sociocultural Perspectives | OT | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Sara Martin Alegre
- Email:
- sara.martin@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
An interest in issues associated to Gender Studies and to TV fictions.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Training students in Gender Studies, with a special focus on the cultural study of audiovisual texts.
Learning Outcomes
- CA14 (Competence) Make theoretical proposals on the cultural expression of the body and sexuality that are connected to the studied paradigms.
- CA15 (Competence) Write up research projects on intersectionality and gender in literature.
- KA14 (Knowledge) Identify the social and cultural models that make an impact on the expression of the body in narrative discourse.
- KA15 (Knowledge) Recognise literary and cultural expression based on an LGBTIQ+ perspective of the texts analysed.
- KA16 (Knowledge) Contrast the various cultural trends that tackle the distinct types of literary genre and their links to the authorial corpus.
- SA20 (Skill) Analyse the way in which literary genre is reconfigured based on the expression of corporality.
- SA21 (Skill) Examine the expression of gender bias in a literary and/or cultural production in the English language.
- SA22 (Skill) Apply literary criticism to the analysis of identity markers in relationships between society and the individual.
Content
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | KA14, KA15, KA16, SA20, SA21, SA22 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 3 | 0.12 | KA14, KA15, KA16, SA20, SA21, SA22 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Essay writing | 20 | 0.8 | CA14, CA15 |
| Reading/watching texts | 30 | 1.2 | CA14, CA15 |
This is a project-oriented subject, in which lecturing takes second place to producing a joint text together based on academic research.
In 2024-25 the students’ essays will be collected together in an e-book about gender in Anglophone mini-series to be edited by the teacher and published online in the digital repository of UAB (http://ddd.uab.cat).
The subject is run as a seminar and is based on class discussion. Students MUST:
- Read/see all the texts, primary and secondary
- Prepare their notes on the texts in advance, following the programme
- Participate in debates in the classroom
- Attend individual tutorials, if required
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class presentations | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | CA14, CA15, KA14, KA15, KA16, SA20, SA21, SA22 |
| Classroom interaction with peers | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | KA14, KA15, KA16, SA20, SA21, SA22 |
| Essay writing | 50% | 30 | 1.2 | CA14, CA15 |
Evaluation activities
Between 3 and 4 worksheets per student on the miniseries assigned by the lecturer to participate in a collective volume with publication in the UAB Digital Documentation Repository (see example https://ddd.uab.cat/record/254907). 50% (30 h)
Individual class presentations on the assigned miniseries 30% (2 h)
Participation in class discussions based on the assigned miniseries 20% (10h)
Single assessment option
Students who opt for the single evaluation must communicate this within the deadline established by the Dean's Office. On January 8, there will be an oral presentation (maximum 30 minutes) on the miniseries worked on and the essays for the e-book will be handed in. The essays will be 70% of the final grade, and the presentation 30%. No exam is required.
Please take note:
The student who does not meet the requirements of the methodology may fail the course.
At the time of carrying out each assessment activity, the teacher will inform the students of the procedure and date of review of the grades.
The student will receive the grade of ‘Not assessable’ if they have not submitted any of the essays.
In the event that the student incurs in any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade, the exercise will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event that there are several irregularities in the assessment of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0. Irregularities refer, for example, to cheating in an exam or in a paper, copying from sources without indicating their authorship, or a misuse of AI, such as presenting a work as an original that has been actually generated by an AI tool or program. These evaluation activities will not be recoverable.
Review and reassessment
The evaluation format makes it very unlikely that the student might fail. In any case, students can always ask for an individual review of their work and grades in a meeting with the teacher. The activities in the classroom cannot be reassessed but a date can be agreed in January to deliver the essays that needs to be revised.
Remarks
You have to read and/or see all the texts well in advance.
Students are asked to use non-sexist language in their oral and written production. See the website of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA): https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/lsa-guidelines-nonsexist-usage.
Bibliography
There are is no obligatory bibliography; recommendations will be made along the subject
Software
There are no softwar programmes associated to the subject.
Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | English | first semester | morning-mixed |