ATS3503 Writing women
Faculty of Arts
ATS3503 Writing women is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3503. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS3503
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3503
No unit lists ATS3503 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2503
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Overview
The unit examines women's literature from a range of periods and countries. Issues examined might include: the place of women's writing in the literary canon and in literary history; strains in feminist literary criticism and theory; recent debates regarding the reception of women's writing; the use of literature to make interventions regarding social norms around gender and sexuality; typical themes in women's writing such as marriage, motherhood, work, violence.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3503.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
The ability to assess and interpret the relationship between literary texts and their social and political context;
- 2
An informed understanding of some key approaches to the study of women's writing;
- 3
Developed an informed critical perspective on the question of gender, literary production and literary value;
- 4
Solid advanced undergraduate-level skills in the reading and interpretation of literary texts.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3503 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Susan Kossew
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Susan Kossew
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3503?
ATS3503 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3503 offered?
ATS3503 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS3503?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS3503?
ATS3503 is part of Literary studies.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Literary Studies
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020