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This course will look at a wide range of recent women’s writing to consider interconnected questions of national, individual, and gendered identity. It will examine how contemporary authors renegotiate ideas of self and nation, and even challenge any concept of stable identity. Authors to be studied may include A.L. Kennedy, Emma Donoghue, Ali Smith, Deirdre Madden, and Eimear McBride.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will look at a wide range of recent women’s writing from Ireland and Scotland in order to consider interconnected questions of national, individual, and gendered identity. The course will examine how contemporary authors renegotiate ideas of self and nation, and even challenge any concept of stable identity. Texts will include a variety of generic and formal approaches, ranging from contemporary crime novels to experimental fiction; the course will incorporate discussions of topics such as the use of Gothic tropes, the relation between fiction and memoir, the depiction of trauma, and the relation between contemporary fiction and philosophy. Authors to be studied may include A.L. Kennedy, Emma Donoghue, Ali Smith, Deirdre Madden, and Eimear McBride.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt:
2500-word essay (40%); 3500-word essay (50%);
class presentation (10%)
Resit:
1 x 5000-word essay (100%)
There are no assessments for this course.
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