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French Feminisms

Objectives

1. acquire information about women's movements and activism in France;
2. become familiar with the main issues and concepts on feminism;
3. get acquainted with the evolution of feminism in France;
4. understanding and discussing topics related to feminism;
5. develop the capacity to write critical essays and other written texts on the topics studied.

General characterization

Code

01106865

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Márcia Liliana Seabra Neves

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Medium knowledge of the French language (CEFR level B1 or equivalent is recommended).

Bibliography

  • Françoise Collin (1999). Le différend des sexes. Paris: Éditions pleins feux.
  • Julia Kristeva (1999). Le génie féminin (Vols. I-III). Paris: Gallimard, folio/essais.
  • Françoise Collin, Evelyne Pisier et Eleni Varikas (eds.) (2000). Les Femmes, de Platon à Derrida. Paris: Plon.
  • AAVV. (2005). Dialogues sur la troisiè me vague fé ministe. Qué bec: É ditions du Remue-Mé nage.
  • Catherine Malabou (2009). Changer de différence. Le féminin et la question philosophique. Paris: Galilée.
  • Sylvie Chaperon et Christine Bard (ed.) (2017). Dictionnaire des féministes. France XVIIIe-XXIe siècle. Paris: PUF.
  • Martine Reid (dir.) (2020). Femmes et littérature. Une histoire culturelle (vol. I-II). Paris: Gallimard, Folio.

Teaching method

60% of the contact hours concern theoretical courses. They include development of the main issues on the syllabusfocusing on cultural contexts of the works studied. Students are invited to refer to specialized databases, websites andscientific journals; Moodle will be used on a regular basis; practical courses will cover 40% of the contact hours andthey will consist on critical readings and analysis of texts from the corpus as well as theoretical texts.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Students' participation(20%), Written work in class and an essay(80%)

Subject matter


  1.  the rising of the idea of "feminism" in France;

  2.  Action and word: women's movements and activisms;

  3.  1949: Simone de Beauvoir's "Le deuxième sexe";

  4.  "Écriture féminine" and "French Feminism" - feminism unrooted and exported;

  5.  Silence and absence: two female topics?

  6.  The concept of feminine genius (Kristeva);

  7.  The eruption of feminism: ecofeminism, postfeminism, transfeminism and other anti-essentialisms.