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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies

Postgraduate Course: Latin American Women's Writing (ELCH11010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEuropean Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course aims to give the student knowledge at a level appropriate to the course (whether undergraduate or postgraduate) of a representative sample of women¿s writing from Latin America, based mainly around the novel but also incorporating a variety of other material such as cultural essays, 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 in particular, such as ghettoization and l¿écriture feminine through styles ranging from lyrical and erotic to black humour and biting social criticism. The course also aims to develop the student¿s skills in reading, analysing and interpreting literary texts written in Spanish, as well as encouraging the student to go on and explore for her/himself the enormous wealth and diversity of Latin American literature.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should:
a) gain the necessary skills to discuss issues relating specifically to women¿s writing in a sophisticated and informed manner.
b) be able to contrast different ways in which Latin American women writers have addressed questions of gender and writing.
c) be able to offer from their readings of the prescribed texts observations about the cultural baggage of terms such as ¿feminismo¿, ¿femenino¿, ¿escritora¿, ¿poetisa¿ etc. in the diverse Latin American context.
d) be able to present all of the above in written and oral form, with reference to a broad range of secondary sources.

These aims and objectives complement those of existing courses by covering a range of writers not hitherto offered as part of other Latin American options.
Assessment Information
4000 Word Essay (100%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsLAWW
Contacts
Course organiserDr Fiona Mackintosh
Tel: (0131 6)50 8303
Email: f.j.mackintosh@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Natalie Carthy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6536
Email: Natalie.Carthy@ed.ac.uk
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