| Competències |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| Recerca | ||
| AR2 | Processar informacions d’origen divers relacionades amb els Estudis Culturals | |
| AR3 | Articular un discurs acadèmic coherent basat en l’anàlisi científic de les dades obtingudes | |
| AR4 | Analitzar diverses manifestacions artístiques dels països de parla anglesa diferenciant entre els conceptes d’anàlisi i opinió | |
| AR7 | Desenvolupar habilitades investigadores que permeten l’autonomia a l’aprenentatge | |
| AR8 | Aplicar diferents models teòrics a l’anàlisi textual i contextual | |
| AR9 | Valorar les sinèrgies que genera la multiculturalitat a les societats de parla anglesa | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Recerca | ||
| BR3 | Aplicar pensament crític, lògic i creatiu, a la vanguàrdia del camp d’estudi | |
| BR4 | Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa | |
| BR5 | Treballar en equip de forma col•laborativa i responsabilitat compartida en clau de lideratge | |
| BR6 | Comunicar informació, idees, problemes i solucions de manera clara i efectiva en públic o àmbit tècnic concret | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Comú | ||
| Recerca | ||
| CR2 | Gestionar la informació i el coneixement | |
| Objectius d'aprenentatge |
| Objectives | Competences | ||
| To provide students with theoretical information and critical tools to be able to understand the main characteristics and developments in contemporary Irish literature written by women. The aim of the course is to generate the critical awareness that will allow students to evaluate the larger achievements and potential of Irish literary writing in its alertness to gender’s pivotal role in Irish life. | AR2 AR3 AR4 AR7 AR8 |
BR3 BR4 BR6 |
CR2 |
| Course themes include the influence of Irish patriarchy; storytelling as healing; coming-of-age and transgressive sexuality; the artist and the gendered nation, and the gender of the Celtic Tiger | AR3 AR4 AR8 AR9 |
BR3 BR4 BR5 |
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| Continguts |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Gender representation in Irish writing. |
Critical awareness of the historical background to gender representation in Irish writing, focusing on the representation of woman as nation. Patriarchy, religion and society. |
| Strategies and techniques in the representation of gender in Irish writing by or on women. | Formal strategies of Irish writers in terms of their use or representation of gender. |
| Questions of identity: gender and nation | Irish patriarchy; storytelling as healing. Coming-of-age and transgressive sexuality. |
| Contemporary developments in Irish society and culture. | The artist and the gendered nation. Gender of the Celtic Tiger. Nationalism, aesthetics, and modernity |
| Contemprary Irish drama and the role of women. | Experiemntal trends in contemporary Irish drama. A new scenario: transgressive gender representations. |
| Planificació |
| Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | (**) Total hours | ||||||
| Activitats Introductòries |
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2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Sessió Magistral |
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8 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Treballs |
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10 | 40 | 50 | |||||
| Seminaris |
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14 | 28 | 42 | |||||
| Presentacions / exposicions |
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12 | 24 | 36 | |||||
| Atenció personalitzada |
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3 | 6 | 9 | |||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||||||||
| Metodologies |
| Description | |
| Activitats Introductòries | The introductory sessions will be based on an explanation of the syllabus, the texts in the dossier, the grading system, and seminar presentations. |
| Sessió Magistral | The main topics contained in the course syllabus will be introduced in lecture form. Following that, students will be asked to read on related texts in the dossier. |
| Treballs | Students willbe asked to produce 3 short essays/assignments based on topics related to the topics studied in class (seminar sessions) |
| Seminaris | Seminar sessions will be based on readings and analysis of literary or theoretical texts. Students will be encouraged to engage in these sessions, as they will be an important part of part of their course assessment. |
| Presentacions / exposicions | Each student will be asked to do a research on a topic of their choice, related to any of the topics studied in the course. At the end of this process, each student will do a class presentation in which they will expose their work in seminar form. The choice of topic, the research and the presentation will be discussed with the teacher in tutorial sessions. |
| Atenció personalitzada |
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| Avaluació |
| Description | Weight | ||
| Treballs | Students willbe asked to produce 3 short essays/assignments based on the topics studied in class (seminar sessions). | 30% | |
| Seminaris | Students will be expected to actively participate actively in the seminar sessions. |
25 | |
| Presentacions / exposicions | Each student will do a class presentation in which they will expose their based on their individual research. | 40% | |
| Others | Regular attendance in class and active involvement in discussion will be an essential requirement. Students will be expected to have read set texts (both literary and theoretical) in advance of seminar sessions. |
5 | |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Plagiarism is totally unacceptable as an academic practice. Copy-paste or any form of non-quoted borrowing of original material will be considered plagiarism. |
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| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
Selina Guiness, The New Irish Poets, Bloodaxe, 2004
Eavan Boland, New Collected Poems, Carcanet , 2005
Robert Savage (ed.), Ireland in the New Century, Four Courts Press, 2006
Deirdre Madden, Authenticity, Faber, 2002
Marina Carr, The Mai, The Galery Press, 1998
McGahern, John, Amongst Women, Faber, 1990
Michael Kenneally, Cultural Contexts ans Literary Idioms In contemporary Irish Literature, Barnes and Noble Imports, 2009 |
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Course dossier with selected poems and essays. |
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| Complementària |
Guiness, Selina, The New Irish Poets, Bloodaxe, 2004
Robert Savage (ed.), Ireland in the New Century, Four Courts Press, 2006
Eibhear Walshe, Sex, Nation and Dissent in Irish Writing, New YorK. St. Martin's, 1997 |
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| Recomanacions |
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.