Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is on the basis of the feminist literary theory, by using textanalysis and interpretation and by comparing paradigmatic texts written by female authors show that the literary production is a discoursive event. The course also aims at showing that female authors are sociohistorical instances who work in a certain context and are dependent on the literary production on the historical, social and cultural circumstances, i.e. on a background on which their production used to be paralysed for a long time.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• literature as an discourse event,
• female authors as a socio-historical instance,
• struggle for an equivalent position of both genders,
• conditions and contexts of the women’s writing,
• »strangeness« in the literature written by women,
• subversiveness of the works,
• exemplary female authors
• paradigmatic works
Learning and teaching methods
Seminar work, analysis and interpretation, conversation, presentation, examples, solving problems, cooperative learning, work in pairs, individual learning, project work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and Understanding:
On completion of the course the student will:
• know the characterstics of the women’s writing,
• know major female authors, exemplary works;
• understand the literary production in its aesthetic and in cultural and historic context;
• be able to analyse and interpret the literary production.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
• finding and using primary and secondary literature;
• finding sources in the internet;
• collecting and interpreting the data;
• identifying and solving problems;
• critical analysis and interpretation;
• guiding projects and working in a team;
• presenting his/her knowledge;
Readings
Gnüg, H./Möhrmann R. 1999. Frauen Literatur Geschichte. Schreibende Frauen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart.
Weigel, S. 1987: Die Stimme der Medusa. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg.
Lindhoff, L. 1995: Einführung in die feministische Literaturwissenschaft. Metzler Stuttgart/Weimar.
De Beauvoir, S. 1968: Das andere Geschlecht. Sitte und Sexus der Frau. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg.
Seznam primarne literature in aktualnih krajših člankov dobi študent/študentka ob začetku semestra.
The student will get a list of primary texts and the currrent short articles at the beginning of the semester.
Prerequisits
Fluency in written and spoken German.
