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Syllabus 2015-16 - 76313014 - Women Writers in Medieval, Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Literature (Women writers in medieval, early modern and eighteenth century literature)

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  • Level 1: Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in this language
  • Level 2: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams and seminars in this language
  • Level 3: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams, seminars and regular lectures in this language
DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Online en English Studies (OMIES) / Estudios ingleses
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
COURSE: Women Writers in Medieval, Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Literature
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Women Writers in Medieval, Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Literature
CODE: 76313014 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: OLIVARES MERINO, EUGENIO MANUEL
DEPARTMENT: U115 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
FIELD OF STUDY: 345 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
OFFICE NO.: D2 - 248 E-MAIL: eolivar@ujaen.es P: 953-212607
WEBSITE: http://eugenioolivares.blogspot.com.es/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9260-5132
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Introduction.

Unit 1. The Old English Period

1.1. Women in Medieval Europe: the Early Middle Ages 

1.2. Women writers:

1.2.1. Religious women

1.2.2. Elegiac poems (ascribed to women)

Unit 2: The Middle English Period

2.1. Women in Medieval Europe: the Late Middle Ages

2.2. Women writers:

  • Visions and religious texts
  • Translators and compilers
  • Anonymous writers

Unit 3: the Early Modern Period

3.1. The role of women in Renaissance Europe

3.2. Women writers:

  • Margaret Roper
  • Elizabeth Tudor
  • Mary Herbert
  • Aemilia Lanyer
  • Elizabeth cary
  • Mary Wroth

Unit 4: The Eighteenth Century

4.1. The role of women in Eighteenth Century Europe

4.2. Women writers

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

M2 Prsentation of theoretical contents and examples via video conference. 
M5 Group/individual tutoríals in the Virtual Platform and via email: supervising written materials. 
M6 Group/individual tutorials via video conference: seminars. 
M7 Group/individual tutorials via video conference: discussions. 
M8 Group/individual tutorials via video conference: doubts and questions. 
M9 Group/individual tutorials via video conference: revision of written works 
M10 Group/individual tutorials via video conference: oral presentations by students.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Active participation in the forum is required.

The student must fulfill the mandatory tasks specified in each unit.

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Women Writers of the Middle Ages. Edition: -. Author: Peter dronke. Publisher: Cambridge U.P.  (Library)
  • The Professionalization of Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Edition: -. Author: Betty A. Schellenberg. Publisher: Cambridge U.P.  (Library)
  • The Norton anthology of literature by women: the traditions in English. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: Gilbert, Sandra M.. Publisher: New York ; London: W. W. Norton & Company, cop. 1996  (Library)
  • Secretaries of God: women prophets in late medieval and early modern England. Edition: -. Author: Watt, Diane. Publisher: Suffolk: D.S. Brewer, 1997  (Library)
  • Graphic design, print culture, and the Eighteenth-century novel. Edition: 1ª ed., reimp. Author: Barchas, Janine. Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004  (Library)
  • Early modern women [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: : Ed.  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • A new critical history of old English literature. Edition: -. Author: Greenfield, Stanley B. Publisher: New York : New York University Press, cop. 1986  (Library)
  • New Readings on Women in Old English Literature. Edition: -. Author: Helen Damico and Alexandra Hennessey Olsen. Publisher: Indiana U.P.  (Library)
  • God's words, women's voices: the discernment of spirits in the writing of late-medieval women vision. Edition: -. Author: Voaden, Rosalynn. Publisher: Suffolk: York Medieval Press, 1999  (Library)
  • WOMEN in Medieval Society. Edition: 6th paperback printing. Author: -. Publisher: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993  (Library)
  • Women's Writing in Middle English: An Annotated Anthology. Edition: 2. Author: Alexandra Barratt. Publisher: Routledge
  • Women, 'race', and writing in the early modern period. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005  (Library)
  • A Companion to Early Modern Women's Writing. Edition: -. Author: Anita Pacheco. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons  (Library)
  • Conceptualising Women’s Working Lives [Recurso electrónico] : Moving the Boundaries of Discourse. Edition: -. Author: Patton, Wendy. Publisher: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2013  (Library)
  • Women in the Eighteenth Century: Constructions of Femininity. Edition: -. Author: Vivien Jones. Publisher: Taylor and Francis  (Library)