Module: Representations of Sexuality

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Representations of Sexuality
Module Code	LC547 (ITS) / CUS1017 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Olga Springer
Module Teachers	Jean-Philippe Imbert
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module aims to explore how sexuality, gendered subjectivities and representations are constructed in art, mainly literary texts, film and the performative and visual arts. We will explore how these narrative forms work to establish and to subvert stereotypes of masculinity and femininity.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the continuities and discontinuities in the literary and artistic representations of gender and sexuality.
2. Differentiate between the various discourses of Gender and Sexuality Studies theory.
3. Determine which theoretical tools relating to Gender and Sexuality Studies are relevant, and integrate theoretical tools of relevance to his/her argumentation.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of how a literary or artistic artefact addresses the Gender and Sexuality Studies-related debates of the society from which it arises.
5. Relate the representation of gender and sexuality to broader cultural and societal issues.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Independent Study	146	No Description
Seminars	24	Attendance of and active participation in seminars.
Fieldwork	30	Completing set preparatory activities (reading and related tasks) in advance of each seminar.
Assignment Completion	50	Assignment preparation and completion.
Seminars	24	No Description
Independent Study	226	No Description
Total Workload: 500

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
We will discuss various literary and filmic productions that address or reflect current debates relating to sexuality studies and to gender studies. Using a comparative approach, we will look at different ways authors and artists explore these discourses on/of gender and sexuality, and their impact on different cultural and artistic domains. Students will conduct both independent and collaborative work in the course of the module, as well as regular reading and viewing, and associated analytical and reflective tasks.

NB:
Please note that all resources listed are subject to confirmation by the lecturer at the start of the semester.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Presentation	In-class presentation	30%	n/a
Essay	End-of-semester essay	70%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category -

Indicative Reading List

Jean Genet: 1966, The Balcony, Grove Press, 0802150349
Jeffrey Eugenides: 2003, Middlesex, Macmillan, 978-031299173
Alison Bechdel: 2006, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-022408051
Hervé Guibert: 1994, To the Friend who Did Not Save My Life, Serpents Tail, 1852423285
Angela Carter: 2015, The Bloody Chamber, Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 978-014310761
Arthur Schnitzler: 0, Dream Story, Penguin Modern Classics, 978-014118224
Virginia Woolf: 2020, Orlando: A Biography, Penguin Modern Classics, 978-024143630

Other Resources

64502, Primary theoretical text, Foucault, 0, HISTORY OF SEXUALITY, volumes 1, 2 and 3, 64503, Primary theoretical text, Butler, 0, Undoing Gender, 64504, Primary theoretical text, Halberstam, Judith, 0, Female Masculinity, 64505, Primary theoretical text, Halberstam, Judith, 0, In a Queer Time and Place,