Literature, Genres and Sexuality
Code: 100263Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish Language and Literature | OP | 3 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | OP | 4 |
| English Studies | OP | 3 |
| English Studies | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Meri Torras Frances
- Email :
- meri.torras@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Constanza Ternicier Espinosa
- Alicia Fernández Gallego Casilda
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
None.
Objectives
The body features as a key element in proposed objects of analysis from a gender perspective (and its intersectionalities), and, as such, has played a central role in some of the most radical inflections in Western feminist genealogies. The aim of this course is to examine the body as a cultural text-archive in threefold sense of the term 'archive':
a) As that which regulates what can be said/understood (Foucault).
b) 'Somateca', i.e. the place where biolopolitical regimes are inscribed (Preciado).
c) More generally, archive as a storage room where one can track and document a memory from the past made present and, in the case of the body, presence.
Moreover, the course aims to approach texts from the perspective of critical theories that focus on difference and alterity, while destabilizing categories such as 'subject' or 'humanity'.
Learning outcomes
- Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
- Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
- Solving problems about writers, methods and currents of comparative literature, and connecting them with knowledge of other humanistic disciplines.
- Autonomously searching, selecting and processing information both from structured sources (databases, bibliographies, specialized magazines) and from across the network.
- Analyse the formal, thematic, cultural and historical characteristics of works of literary creation and reflection on the literature of different languages and countries.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic theoretical foundations of the main methods and trends in literature and criticism.
- Arguing about several issues and literary problems for the purpose of different works and the assessment of the results.
- Present written work or oral presentations on the main concepts of literary theory.
- Critically interpret literary works taking into account the relationships between the different fields of literature and their relationship with human, artistic and social areas.
- Present work in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
- Analyse literary texts using the different concepts and methods of comparative literature.
- Solving problems related to the study of different literatures.
- Solve problems related to the theoretical foundations and the main concepts in the study of literary criticism.
- Identify and explaining the basic foundations of the process of literary communication in every genre and the interpretation process from questions and theoretical and/or practical activities.
Contents
Block I
- RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEX/TEXTUAL GENRES
- LITERARY CORPUS AND BODY
- THE GENEALOGY OF THE LOOK
Block II
- BODY ARRANGEMENT AND TEXTUAL CANON
- INTERSECTIONALITY: RACE
- INTERSECTIONALITY: COLONIALITY
Block III
- DESIRES, EMOTIONS AND AFFECTIONS
- ECOCRITICISM AND ANIMALITY
- POSTHUMANISM
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture with ICT support and debate in a large group. | 42 | 1.68 | |
| Oral presentations, papers, reviews or course work (individual or in group) will be carried out based on a guideline. Tutorships. | 35 | 1.4 | |
| Comprehensive and critical reading of literary and theoretical texts. Making outlines, conceptual maps and summaries. | 70 | 2.8 |
Learning of this course is distributed as follows:
- Instructor-directed activities (30%). Lecture with ICT support and in-class participation & discussion.
- Instructor-supervised activities (25%). Oral presentations, reviews, or papers (individual or in group) will be made following a specific set of guidelines given by the instructor.
- Indepedent activities (45%). Comprehensive and critical reading of literary and theoretical texts. Making outlines and concept maps, and writing summaries.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-class exercise 1 | 35% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Oral presentation | 30% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
| In-class exercise 2 | 35% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
Continuous assessment
The student will have to do the mandatory readings before class throughout the course. The three evaluation activities are based on the assigned theoretical texts and the class sessions as described below:
1. Exercise 1. This is an individual analysis exercise to be done in class. 35%
2. Exercise 2. This is an individual exercise of analysis to be done in class. 35%
3. Oral presentation. This is a group exercise of analysis, presentation and debate that is done in class. 30%
In case of any irregularity by the student that may lead to a significant variation in the qualification of an evaluation act, this evaluation act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In the event of several irregularities in the assessment acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Single assessment
Those students who choose the single evaluation will have to take:
1. First written exam (25%)
2. Second written exam (25%)
3. An oral exam (50%)
The date of this single assessment will be indicated in the schedule at the beginning of the course
At the time of each evaluation activity, the teacher will inform the students (Moodle) of the procedure and the date of revision of the grades.
Re-evaluation
At least 2 of the 3 classroom exercises must be completed in order to be able to take the retake exam, which will consist of: the commentary of two textual fragments of 25% each, and a theoretical development question (50%).
Not evaluable
If sufficient evaluation material is not provided (at least 30% of the evaluable activities), a grade of not evaluable will be obtained.
Use of AI
For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information search, proofreading or translations. The student will have to clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Non-transparency of the use of AI in this evaluable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or higher penalties in serious cases.
Bibliography
Supportive Bibliography:
Adán, Carme. Feminismo e coñecemento. da experiencia das mulleres ao cíborg. A Coruña: Espiral Maior Universitas, 2003.
Andrés, Rodrigo (ed.). Homoerotismos literarios. Barcelona: Icaria, 2011.
Braidotti, Rosi (2020). Coneixement posthumà. Barcelona: Arcàdia.
Butler, Judith. Cuerpos que importan. Sobre los límites materiales y discurivos del “sexo”.
Traducción de Alcira Bixio. Barcelona: Paidós, 2002.
Butler, Judith. Deshacer el género. Traducción de Patrícia Soley-Beltrán. Barcelona: Paidós, 2006.
Butler, Judith. El género en disputa. El feminismo y la subversión de la idetidad. México: Paidós, 2001.
Carbonell, Neus i Meri Torras (eds.). Feminismos literarios. Madrid: Arco libros, 1999.
Castrejón, María. Que me estoy muriendo de agua. Guía de narrativa lésbica española. Madrid-
Barcelona: Egales, 2008.
Clúa, Isabel (ed). Género y cultura popular. Estudios culturales. Bellaterra: Edicions UAB, 2008. Ciplijauskaité, Biruté. La construcción del yo femenino en la literatura. Cádiz: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz, 2004.
Cixous, Hélène. La risa de la Medusa. Ensayos sobre la escritura.Traducción de Ana María Moix.
Barcelona: Anthropos, 1995.
De Lauretis, Teresa. Diferencias. Etapas de un camino a través del feminismo. Madrid: Horas y horas, 2000.
Falconí Trávez, Diego. “La heteromaricageneidad contradictoria como herramienta crítica cuy-r en las literaturas andinas”, Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios de Género no. 8, 2021.
Fe, Marina (ed). Otramente. Lectura i escritura feminista. México: FCE, 1999.
Fernàndez, Josep-Anton i Adrià Chavarria (eds.). Calçasses, gallines i maricons. Barcelona: Angle editorial, 2008.
Fuss, Diana. En essencia. Traducció d’Eva Espasa. Vic: Eumo, 1996.
González, Helena e Isabel Clúa (eds.). Máxima audencia. Cultura popular y género. Barcelona: Icaria, 2011.
Haraway, Donna. Ciencia, cyborgs y mujeres. La reinvención de la naturaleza. Trad. Manuel Talens. Madrid: Cátedra, 1991.
Horswell, Michael. Decolonizing the Sodomite. Queer Tropes on Sexuality in Colonial Andean Culture, University of Texas Press, 2005.
Julià, Lluïsa. Tradició i orfenesa. Palma de Mallorca: Lleonard Muntaner, 2007.
Llamas, Ricardo.Teoría torcida. Prejuicios y discursos en torno a “la homosexualidad”. Madrid: siglo XXI, 1998.
Lugones, María. “Colonialidad y género”, Tabula Rasa 9, 2008, 73-101.
Marçal, Maria-Mercè. Sota el signe del drac. Barcelona: Proa, 2004.
Medina, Raquel y Barbara Zecchi (eds.). Sexualidad y escritura (1850-2000). Barcelona: Anthropos, 2002.
Mérida, Rafael M. Sexualidades transgresoras. Barcelona: Icaria, 2002.
Mérida, Rafael M. Manifiestos gays, lesbianos y queer. Testimonios de un alucha (1969-1994).
Barcelona: Icaria, 2009.
Missé, Miquel y Gerard Coll-Planas (eds.). El género desordenado. Críticas en torno a la patologización de la transexualidad. Barcelona-Madrid: Egales, 2010.
Moi, Toril. Teoría literaria feminista. Madrid: Cátedra, 1988.
Nieto Piñeroba, José Antonio. Transexualidad, intersexualidad y dualidad de género. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2008.
Pons, Margalida (2020). \"Emocions proscrites: escriptura, gènere, afectes i algunes veus de la poesia catalana contemporània\", 452ºF. Revista electrónica de teoría de la literatura y literatura comparada, 22, 39-59.
Segarra, Marta (2013). Escriure el desig. De La celestina a Maria-Mercè Marçal. Catarroja: Editorial Afers.
Segarra, Marta (2022). Humanimales. Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg.
Weik, Alexa (2017). Affective ecologies. Empathy, emotion, and environmental narrative. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press.
Specific bibliography will be given for each subject of the course.
Software
MOODLE.
Word processing (with the possibility of conversion to Word and pdfs).
Pdf reader
Power point or similar.
TEAMS
Free software is welcome, as long as the documents can be delivered in the required format.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |