20th Century Latin American Women's Writing (U00172)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-4-U00172

This course aims to give the student knowledge of a representative sample of twentieth-century women's writing from Latin America, based mainly around the novel but also incorporating some poetry and short stories. In limiting the course material by gender, the focus will be on giving the student insight into, and understanding of, key cultural and theoretical issues regarding the woman writer, such as ghettoisation and l'ecriture feminine.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 (HS0001 OR HS0002)

? Special Arrangements for Entry : For visiting students wishing to enrol the course will only be available with the explicit permission of the Spanish 3 Course Organiser.

? Costs : Primary course texts, approx. £60

Subject Areas

Home subject area

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Tutorial	Tuesday	15:00	17:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should:
a) improve their skills in reading, analysing and interpreting literature in Spanish and gain the necessary skills to discuss issues relating specifically to women's writing in a theoretically sophisticated and informed manner;
b) be able to contrast different ways in which Latin American women writers have addressed questions of gender and writing and be able to offer from their readings of the prescribed texts observations about the appropriateness of various feminist models and theories in the diverse Latin American context;
c) be able to present the above in written and oral form, with reference to a broad range of secondary sources.