Language and Feminism

Code School Level Credits Semesters
ENGL3094 English 3 20 Autumn UK
Code
ENGL3094
School
English
Level
3
Credits
20
Semesters
Autumn UK

Summary

This module provides students with comprehensive knowledge of feminist theory as applied to a series of language and 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 feminist theory from the 1970s to the current day, with particular focus on contemporary approaches to gender theory. The assessment will include an individual theoretical essay or analytical project.

Students are asked to complete the highly recommended reading prior to start of the term: Gee, J. P. (2011). An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method 3rd ed. London: Routledge. Machin, D. and Mayr, A. (2012). How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis: A Multimodal Introduction. London: SAGE Publishing.

Target Students

Only available for final-year students on SH and JH English programmes; including 2+2 programmes; students participating in exchanges from the School partner institutions; and final-year students on the Liberal Arts programme.

Classes

Assessment

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Students who successfully complete this module will have gained: a thorough grounding in feminist theory as it has been applied to language and linguistic study; 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 ideas.

Learning Outcomes

 (a) Knowledge and understanding of:     

(b) Intellectual skills

(c) Professional and practical skills

(d) Transferable skills

Conveners

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Last updated 07/01/2025.