Gender and the Postmodern
Middlesex University Summer School
| Tuition fee: |
|
| Start date: | July 2013 |
| Credits: | 15 ECTS |
| Duration full-time: | 28 days |
| Languages: |
|
| Location: |
|
| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Entry level: | Highschool |
Description
Gender is a central way in which we think and imagine ourselves. This third level module examines how gender has been configured within twentieth-century literary texts, and the role of writing in producing gendered identities. Postmodernism has further complicated the ways in which we conceptualise gender, and this module examines the link between postmodern literature and contemporary postmodern culture. It maps important social, political and cultural themes and concepts in relation to how gender is understood in relation to history, the body, ethnicity, and sexuality.
Middlesex Summer School also offers this course as part of a Package Programme, combining academic study with an exciting social programme and accommodation. There are different package options, three or five week programmes, with either 15 or 30 credits. For more information please visit the school website.
Contents
Skills:
- Capacity for independent thought and judgement
- Ability to understand, interrogate and apply a variety of theoretical positions and weigh the importance of alternative perspectives
- Advanced literacy and communicative skills in the construction of academic argument
- Research skills, including information retrieval, organisation and critical evaluation
Middlesex Summer School also offers this course as part of a Package Programme, combining academic study with an exciting social programme and accommodation. There are different package options, three or five week programmes, with either 15 or 30 credits. For more information please visit the school website.
Lecturers
Dr Caroline Walters
Requirements
Some familiarity with literary theory
All courses (except Spanish and French options) are taught in English and require TOEFL 550 (IELTS 6.0) or the equivalent if English is a second language.
English Language Requirements
| IELTS band: | 6 |
| TOEFL paper-based test score: | 550 |
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More information on IELTSInterested? Request information!
Please fill in this form in English.
The fields that are marked with a red star (*) are required.
