SP4225 Staging Sex: Early Modern Women Playwrights

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Students should be undertaking a degree with Spanish as a named subject. Visiting students or those on other programmes within St Andrews must seek approval from the SP Honours Adviser prior to enrolment. Any students added without prior consultation will be removed.

Module coordinator

Dr P J Lennon

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Module Staff

Dr Paul Lennon

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

In this module you will encounter and engage with works by the oft-overlooked women playwrights of the Spanish Baroque. Key themes will include, but are not limited to, society perspectives on and expectations of men and women, gendered expressions of love and desire, female friendship, and theatre as a mirror for societal anxieties. You will develop critical insights on the plays and their themes through engagement with historical and contemporary theories of sex, gender, and the relationship between them, thus fostering a nuanced understanding of the era’s complexities.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SP2002

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE CO4024

Assessment pattern

Coursework - 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework - 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1.5-hour seminar per week.

Scheduled learning hours

16

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

138

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • comprehend features common to Golden Age theatre, as well as those unique to the contributions made by female playwrights of the period.
  • analyse features common to Golden Age theatre, as well as those unique to the contributions made by female playwrights of the period.
  • reflect critically on theories of gender and sex, both historical and contemporary, and how they inform your personal understanding of both concepts.
  • produce a scholarly written argument commensurate with an Honours-level module, which is accurate in spelling, grammar, and the MHRA-style citation of primary and secondary sources.
  • engage in academic discussion and debate about the themes and materials studied on the module with reference to scholarly sources.