Unit

School Of Humanities And Communication Arts

Gender and GenreWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102602.1

Discipline: LITERATURE

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

Co ordinator
Helen Basides

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Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.

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Teaching Periods

Period	Offered	Campus		Contact
2021 Spring	Yes	Parramatta Campus - Victoria Road	- DAY	See Coordinator above	Timetable not available

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About this Unit
This unit considers the intersection of gender and genre in various narrative forms. Through a variety of texts that may include polemic, conduct literature, plays, novels, poetry and film, students will examine the construction of masculinity and femininity within various genres, and consider the ways in which genres themselves may be gendered. Beginning in the seventeenth century, the unit also considers the strategies that women writers, in particular, have used to participate in literary production by adopting and adapting particular generic conventions. A consideration of the ways in which gender and genre may be connected also allows students to consider questions of literary production and circulation, literary value and reputation.

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Courses

1831.2	Master of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing	CONTINUING
1831.3	Master of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing	CURRENT
1832.2	Graduate Diploma in Literature and Creative Writing (exit only)	CURRENT
1833.2	Graduate Certificate in Literature and Creative Writing (exit only)	CURRENT
8083.2	Bachelor of Research Studies	CURRENT

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