Gender and History in Postcolonial Space: Aspects of Canadian-English Textuality (P00426)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00426

This course will examine literary strategies devised by Canadian writers facing invasive pressures and cultural dominance firstly from Britain's imperial hegemony and subsequently from the United States' globalising commercial empire. Women's writing is a recognised Canadian strength, where textual representations of gendered resistance to colonising patriarchy articulate North American alterities. Together with the politics of representation the course will examine literary strategies developed by a fragile culture negotiating complex internal differences, and will consider issues of ethnicity, marginalisation and gender construction.

Entry Requirements

? Costs : Purchase of essential texts as required.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students enrolled on the course will acquire enhanced knowledge of literary strategies devised by Canadian writers facing invasive pressures and cultural dominance firstly from Britain's imperial hegemony and subsequently from the United States' globalising commercial empire. They will gain knowledge of Canadian women's writing and the literary strategies used for the textual representations of gendered resistance to colonising patriarchy and the different ways in which these women writers articulate North American alterities. Students will further gain knowledge of the politics of Canadian cultural representation and will additionaly develop strategies of reading appropriate for a fragile culture negotiating complex internal differences. Knowledge will also be acquired concerning the Candian contours for issues of ethnicity, marginalisation and gender construction.