Language, Gender and Sexuality
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL2049 | English | 2 | 20 | Spring Malaysia |
- Code
- ENGL2049
- School
- English
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring Malaysia
Summary
This module provides students with knowledge of the interplay between language and gender in a wide range of linguistic contexts. Students will engage with a range of analytical approaches to language, including conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, and interactional sociolinguistics. Students will respond to and critically engage with contemporary real-world problems associated with gender and sexuality through the consideration of discourse-based texts. Topics will include gender and sexual identity construction in a range of interactive contexts, as well as sexist, misogynistic, homophobic and heteronormative representations in texts. Students will engage with theories of gender from the 1970s to the current day, with particular focus on contemporary approaches to gender theory. The assessment will include collaborative group work in which students actively engage with a current political issue, and an individual theoretical essay or analytical project.
Target Students
Students on BA English Language and Literature; BA English with Creative Writing
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar each week for 12 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 12 weeks
Assessment
- 25% Presentation 1: One 15-minute group presentation weighted at 25%
- 75% Coursework 1: One 3,500 word essay weighted at 75%
Educational Aims
Students who successfully complete this module will have gained: with knowledge of the interplay between language and gender in a wide range of linguistic contexts; a wide-ranging knowledge of approaches to and theories of feminist linguistics; skills of practical investigation, data-collection, processing, and ethics skills in oral and written communication of ideasLearning Outcomes
(a) Knowledge and understanding of:
Key theories and critical concepts relevant to the study of feminist linguistics
Key findings and patterns regarding the relationship between language, gender and society
Methodological design and application in analysing language data
(b) Intellectual skills
- The ability to understand and interpret critical theories and their application to a series of real-life contexts
- The ability to engage in data collection and rigorous analytical discussion
(c) Professional and practical skills
- The ability to work with others to produce an oral presentation of original research to a professional disciplinary standard
- The ability to design and execute practical fieldwork or theoretical investigation, using appropriate linguistic and theoretical terminology in an effective way
(d) Transferable skills
- The ability to produce systematic and rigorous descriptive and discursive writing
- The ability to work constructively with others
- The ability to work effectively and critically with politically-relevant theory
Conveners
- Dr Melissa Yoong