Reading Women's Writing - ARTS2037

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: School of English, Media and Performing Arts Courses
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1 including either 12 units of credit in Level 1 English or 6 units of credit in Level 1 English and ARTS1900
 
 
Equivalent: WOMS2001, ENGL2620
 
 
Excluded: ENGL2400
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Subject Area: English
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Women's and Gender Studies



This course introduces students to the work of major and adventurous women writers from the early modern period (1600) to the present, drawing on the genres of novel, short story, poetry and drama.
A wide range of issues will be explored, including formal innovation, lines of influence and tradition in women's writing, identity formation and the interaction of gender, race and class within the practices of writing and reading.