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eduction to re-production and the generation of a system where man is lifted to
transcendent/god-like status while woman is denied autonomy and participation. The texts
envision as the outcome doubled & distorted bodies, psyches, genealogies and a destruction of a
heterosexual ethics.
A variety of myths and images will be introduced to help students to find access to the complex
theoretical argumentation. (Pandora, Pallas-Athena, Alcestis, Echo& Narcissus, Orpheus &
Eurydice, Ariadne & Theseus)
The following texts will be discussed and analysed:
John Milton. Paradise Lost. (1667) (Excerpts); Mary Shelley. Frankenstein. (1818); Djuna
Barnes. Nightwood (1936); Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights. (1848); Angela Carter. The
Passion of New Eve. (1977)
Tracing the topic in the 1990’s we will also analyse two very different films: David Fincher’s
“Fight Club” and Elisabeth Bronfen’s critique; Stephen Spielberg’s “A.I.” which we will crossread
with Irigaray’s essay “Une Mère de Glace”.
A reader with excerpts of feminist theoretical texts & myths dealt with will be provided.
For further information see: http://homepage.univie.ac.at/melanie.feratova-loidolt
Requirements: regular attendance & portfolio-notes, participation in critical discussions, oral
presentation of a chosen topic (10 mins), final written exam.
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Gender Equality: Problems and Perspectives
Ayesha Landesmann-Aibara, Thu 17-19, Unterrichtsraum (ab 10.3.)
Registration see p. 15 (16)
The aim of the course is to look at the ways in which the issue of gender relations is implicated
in the often varying and sometimes conflicting views held by the ‘West’ and the ‘non-West’ on
questions of culture, religion, tradition, progress, modernisation and “westernization”.
The course takes the case of India as a starting point to discuss specific issues related to two
main themes: the idea of measuring social progress in terms of the status of women and the
attempts to achieve gender equality within a pluralistic democratic society. In particular, we will
look at the problems inherent in reconciling the conflicting claims of the religious and the
secular, poverty and economic development, as well as the debate over positive discrimination.
Approaching ESP Texts
2st, KO
Julia Hüttner, Thu 15-17, Room 5 (ab 10.3.)
Registration see p. 15 (16)
In this interactive course, we will focus on ESP texts of different kinds within an applied
linguistic framework. By keeping the overall aim of ESP teaching in mind, we will describe and
analyse the features and structures of a selection of text types, or genres. Apart from a reflective
introduction to discourse and genre analysis, this will also entail learning to use language
corpora, i.e. computerised collections of texts, and the associated concordancing software. This
course aims to show students how to access and work with text sources as an aid in using and
developing teaching materials.
This course falls into three parts: introduction to the applied linguistic framework;
practical experience in analysing ESP genres; and student projects on specific language aspects
of an ESP genre and how they could be taught.