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Gender Studies in Literary Studies

ВБ 1.5.

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2024/2025

3 Semester

4

PLO 9, PLO 18.1, PLO 21.1 The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".

Full-time form

1. Successful mastering of the course History of Foreign Literature (Bachelor Degree of Higher Education) and the following courses of Master programme “Literary Studies: Theories and Practices”. 2. Free usage of basic literary concepts necessary for the conduct of literary analysis.

The course introduces students to the theoretical foundations and analytical approaches to understanding gender as a culturally and historically conditioned category. It covers the main stages in the development of feminist thought and familiarizes students with the key concepts and categories of gender theory. The course examines major theoretical models of gender studies and queer theory, including the concepts of the social construction of gender, performativity, the deconstruction of binary oppositions, and heteronormativity. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of literary texts through the lens of gender criticism: the representation of female and male experience, the mechanisms of the formation of gender roles and identities, and the issues of embodiment, sexuality, power, and marginality. The course develops students’ ability to interpret literary texts with gender sensitivity, to navigate contemporary theoretical approaches, and to apply an interdisciplinary methodological framework.

Butler J. Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory // Theatre Journal. – 1988, №40, P. 519-531. Gilbert S. M., Gubar S. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. – New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979.

Forms of study encompass lectures, seminars, and students’ self-study. Forms of tuition include answers at the seminars, writing essays, and a final test paper.

Formative assessment during semester. In-process evaluations of academic progress are worth of up to 60% of the semester grade and include grade points for all the tasks assigned in the course – max 30 / min 15–for answers at the seminars, max 15 / min 11 for writing essays, max 15 / min 10 – for the final test paper. Summative assessment is carried out in the form of exam. It weighs of up to 40% of the course grade. Students have to obtain no less than 36 points to be entitled for an examination. To get a positive course grade, the exam grade should not be less than 24 points. Examination card includes two theoretical and/or applied questions. Correlation Scale According to 100-point scale Mark according to national scale 90–100 5 Еxcellent 75–89 4 Good 60–74 3 Satisfactory 35–59 2 Fail

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