AJ16061 Women in Fiction and Theory

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:40 D41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will consider approaches to the significance of the feminine and the condition of women as socio-cultural constructs in aspects of British fiction, focusing on novels written by women, as well as aspects of contemporary feminist philosophy. By the end of the course students will have produced an essay analysing some aspects of these approaches and during the course they will be expected to engage in analytical discussion based on close textual reading in relation to the individual works of fiction and indicating their basic understanding of concepts introduced in the philosophical literature.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student will have gained a better understanding of the relevant elements of fiction considered and have produced an essay analysing relevant aspects of the literature covered as well as a more advanced understanding of the position of women in literature, as subjects and creators.
Syllabus
  • Week 1:Feb.20th: Introductory Week 2:Feb.27th: Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice; Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: Feminist Philosophy Week 3: March 5th:Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre (1); Stanford: Psychoanalytic Feminism 1-2 (Freud; de Beauvoir) Week 4: March 12th:Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre (2); Stanford: Psychoanalytic Feminism 3 (Lacan) Week 5: March 19th: Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights; Stanford: Psychoanalytic Feminism 4 (Irigaray; Kristeva) Week 6: March 26th:Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South (1); Stanford: Liberal Feminism Week 7: April 2nd:Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South (2); Stanford: Continental Feminism Week 8: April 9th: Stanford:George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss (1); Feminist Perspectives on Sex and Gender Week 9: April 16th:READING WEEK: NO CLASS Week 10:April 23rd:George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss (2) Stanford: Feminist Perspectives on Objectification Week 11: April 30th::Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway; Stanford:Feminist Perspectives on Rape;Germaine Greer: The Female Eunuch (extracts) Week 12: May 7th:Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse: Feminist Perspectives on Class and Work: Judith Butler: Gender trouble (extracts) Week 13: May 14th: Virginia Woolf: Orlando; Stanford: Feminist Asthetics/Metaphysics; Camille Paglia: Free Women Free Men(extracts)
Literature
    required literature
  • Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre London Penguin Classics
    not specified
  • Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'ubervilles London Collins 2010
  • Tey, Josephine The Daughter of Time London Arrow Books 2009
  • AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and sensibility. London: Penguin Books, 2006, 406 s. ISBN 9780141028156. info
  • CHRISTIE, Agatha. Nemesis. London: HarperCollins, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 0-00-617005-6. info
  • ELIOT, George. The mill on the floss. London: Penguin Books, 1994, vii, 534. ISBN 0140620273. info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. London: Grafton, 1992, 207 s. ISBN 0-586-04446-9. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Blow your house down. 1st pub. London: Virago, 1984, 170 s. ISBN 9780860683988. info
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading and weekly ninety minute seminar discussion including group or pairwork and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Assessment: The course is assessed by a combination of oral contribution & attendance (40%)and essay (6-8 pages).The essay should be sent by attachment to my IS e-mail address.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=1942
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
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