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On completion of this module students should have:
- Familiarity with a variety of queer and trans literary and aesthetic modes and uses of genre and form;
- Awareness of major currents in queer, feminist and trans theories and methods of analysis and the ability to apply these in their analysis of literary texts;
- Awareness of how class, race, migration, place, and historical location inflect and shape understandings, regulations, and narratives of gender and sexuality;
- Awareness of how queer, trans and feminist literary narratives have contributed to queer, trans and feminist social movements;
- Awareness of how historical and cultural contexts shape the expression & regulation of gender and sexuality;
- Ability to discuss complex ideas in class and in written assignments;
- Ability to analyse texts with attention to contexts and conceptual frames;
- Ability to write an extended essay on a topic related to the module.
Indicative primary reading:
Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues: A Novel (1993)
Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy (1994)
Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms At Night (1996)
Imogen Binnie, Nevada (2013)
Kai Cheng Thom, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir (2016)
Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater (2018)
Bernadine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other (2019)
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 76 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Reflective Assignment: Reflective journal (2000 words, min 4 entries) on texts, topics, issues etc that we are reading & discussing, and/or any other reflections in relation to queerness, transness, gender. | Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10 | Graded | No | 40 |
No |
Assignment(Including Essay): Final essay (3000 words) on any text studied. Students are asked to submit an essay plan and schedule an individual appointment to discuss their essay plan after the two-week break. | Week 14 | Graded | No | 60 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Feedback in class on discussion posts; individual feedback on mid-semester assignment, building to final essay proposal with individual consultation and feedback prior to completing the final essay