SUBVERSIVE ITALIAN WOMEN THROUGH THE CENTURIES

ITA2SIW

2017

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject provides students with an introduction to the lives and significance of a selection of subversive and controversial women from Italian myth, literature and history. The primary material examined will include written and visual texts; secondary readings will provide the necessary background on the social, historical and cultural context. All texts will be available in English translation and all assessment will be in English.

School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Gregoria Manzin

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Ability to communicate in written academic English, reporting and summarizing debates and making cogent and considered arguments

Activities:: Analytical task; essay; critical journal
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills)

02. Ability to understand and interpret a variety of texts, including both creative literary works and analytical material, and to perform critical analysis of these texts in order to develop and evaluate arguments

Activities:: Analytical task; essay; critical journal
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills)

03. Familiarity with Italian culture and history, and an ability to understand and analyse the different forms that social and cultural subversiveness has taken over the centuries, particularly with regard to gender roles

Activities:: Analysis; essay; critical journal; creative response to assigned reading
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Study and Learning Skills); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

Melbourne, 2017, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Gregoria Manzin

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"One 3-hour block in a room with projector, built-in computer, desks (not writing arms), white board, and windows"

Assessments

Assessment element	%	ILO*
Analytical task (600 word equivalent)	15	01, 02, 03
Critical journal (1200 word equivalent)	30	01, 02, 03
Creative response to assigned reading (800 word equivalent)	20	03
Essay (1400 word equivalent)	35	01, 02, 03