Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 81)
French subject : Next:116-231 | Prev:116-229 | Search | Help

116-230/330 "En-gendering Culture: Women and Representation in French Society" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:

1. 116-230/330 French, Faculty of Arts.
2. 116-230/330 French, Faculty of Educ(Parkville).

1. French, Faculty of Arts (v3, p81) : Next:116-231 | Prev:116-229

116-230/330 En-Gendering Culture: Women and Representation in French Society

Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year

Coordinator: Dr Jill Anderson.

Prerequisite: 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.

Contact: Three lectures/seminars a week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

• be able to analyse a range of texts dealing with women, representation and gender relations in French society;
• have developed a historical and critical understanding of the topic.

Content:

A historical and critical analysis of the role of women in their relation to the production of creative and theoretical texts in French society. Examples include women as social critics, objects of representation, creative artists and critical theorists.

Assessment:

Written assessment not more than 5,000 words: one seminar paper and class participation equivalent to not more than 1,500 words (20 per cent); one essay (1,500 words) (40 per cent); one two-hour test at the end of the semester (40 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

• Cixous C et. al. La Venue à l'é criture 10/18 1977
• de Beauvoir Le Deuxiè me Sexe Gallimard 1949
• Duchen C Women's Rights and Women's Lives in France 1944-1968 Routledge 1994. Maclean M. The Name of Mother Routledge 1994. Sellers S The Language of Sexual Difference Macmillan 1991. Selection of texts compiled by the Department

1. French, Faculty of Arts (v3, p81) : Next:116-231 | Prev:116-229

2. French, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p108) : Next:116-231 | Prev:116-228

116-230/330 In-Gendering Culture Women and Representation in French Society

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr Jill Anderson.

Prerequisite: 116-115 or 116-202, or equivalent.

Contact: Three lectures/seminars each week.

Timetable: Second semester.

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

• be able to analyse a range of texts dealing with women, representation and gender relations in French society;
• have developed a historical and critical understanding of the topic.

Content:

A historical and critical analysis of the role of women in their relation to the production of creative and theoretical texts in French society. Examples include women as social critics, objects of representation, creative artists and critical theorists.

Assessment:

Written assessment not more than 5,000 words: one seminar paper and class participation equivalent to not more than 1,500 words (20 per cent); one essay (1,500 words) (40 per cent); one two-hour test at the end of the semester (40 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

• Cixous C et. al. La Venue à l'é criture 10/18 1977
• de Beauvoir Le Deuxiè me Sexe Gallimard 1949
• Duchen C Women's Rights and Women's Lives in France 1944-1968 Routledge 1994
• Maclean M The Name of Mother Routledge 1994
• Sellers S The Language of Sexual Difference Macmillan 1991
• Selection of texts compiled by the Department

* Note that CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS, TITLE differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

2. French, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p108) : Next:116-231 | Prev:116-228

Up to navigation aids

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
Authorised by:   Academic Registrar
Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au

Copyright © University of Melbourne 1995,1996.