Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE LAS2017

 
TITLE Ir-Rappreżentazzjoni u x-Xbihat Korporali fil-Letteratura Maltija

 
UM LEVEL H - Higher Level

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Centre for the Liberal Arts and Sciences

 
DESCRIPTION Din it-Taqsima se tintroduċi t-teorija tal-ġisem fl-analiżi tal-letteratura Maltija tas-seklu 20, b’emfasi speċjali fuq il-poeżija. L-istudenti se jiġu mogħtija l-opportunita’ li jwettqu kritika letterarja b’ perspettiva multi-dixxiplinarja li tħares lejn teoriji tal-ġisem differenti li qed jiżviluppaw fl-arti viżwali, ċ-ċinema u t-teatru, b’attenzjoni partikolari għall-istudju femminista.

Il-mistoqsijiet primarji li ħa jkunu ndirizzati huma:
- Rappreżentazzjoni tas-Sbuħija u l-Kruha;
- Il-Ħarsa;
- Il-Ġisem bħala xbieha u metafora;
- Erotiċizmu.

Permezz tal-analiżi tax-xbieha tal-gisem fil-poezija, it-Taqsima se toffri kritika tal-pożizzjoni li l-Moderniżmu Malti kellu reazzjoni totalment avversarja għar-Romantiċiżmu u turi kif id-differenza principali kienet dwar il-generu aktar milli l-perjodu.

Għanijiet tal-Kors:

1. Tagħlim:

Sa tmiem it-Taqsima l-istudent se jkun kapaci:
- Jirrealizza li r-rappeżentazzjonijiet korporali huma politikament mgħobbija u jinbidlu mal-linji tal-ġeneru;
- Jifhem il-kunċett tal-Ħarsa permezz ta’ numru ta’ teoriji;
- Jirrealizza kif it-teorija tista’ tkun multidixxiplinarja;
- Jsir iktar kritiku meta jindirizza testi li qabel kienu jiġu mifhuma bħala “innoċenti”;
- Jirrealizza kif hemm bosta karatteristiċi komuni bejn movimenti letterarji (partikolarment ir-Romantiċiżmu u l-Moderniżmu) li qabel kienu kkunsidrati bħala pożizzjonijiet avversarji ta’ xulxin.

2. Ħiliet:

Sa tmiem it-Taqsima l-istudent se jkun kapaci:
- Japplika għarfien kritiku li żvillupa f’numru ta’ dixxiplini fl-analiżi letterarja;
- Iħares lejn il-kritika letterarja Maltija minn spettru ugħsa t’analiżi;
- Jindirizza b’mod kritiku xbihat korporali u rappreżentazzjonijiet korporali fil-letteratura.

Biblijografija:

- BERGER, John (1972), Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin.
- BORDO, Susan (1993), Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body. California: U. of California Press.
- BRAZIEL, Jana Evans and LEBESCO, Kathleen (eds) (2001), Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression. California: U. of California Press.
- CIXOUS, Hélène (1976), ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’, Sigma 1:4, 875-893.
- DOANE, Mary Ann (1991), Femmes Fatales: Feminism, Film Theory, Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.
- KITTAY, Eva Feder (1988), ‘Woman as Metaphor’, Hypatia 3:2, 63-86.
- LAQUER, Thomas (1990), Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud. Harvard: Harvard U.P.
- MIFSUD, Immanuel (2007), ‘Gwerrieri u Sinjorini: Mary Meylak u l-Poeżija tal-Ġisem’, Il-Malti 79, 105-116.
- MIFSUD, Immanuel (2008), ‘”L-Għajnejn Tixtieq”: Ħarsa Fallika tal-Poeti Rġiel Lejn l-Oġġett Femminili”. Symposia Melitensia 2, 45-55.
- MILLER, William Ian (1997), The Anatomy of Disgust. Harvard: Harvard U.P.
- MULVEY, Laura (1989, 2009), Visual and Other Pleasures. New York: Palgrave.
- NOCHLIN, Linda (1999), Representing Women. London: Thames and Hudson.
- ORBACH, Susie (2009), Bodies. London: Profile Books.
- WELTON, Donn (ed) (1998), Body and Flesh: A Philosophical Reader. London: Blackwell.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Lectures for this Unit will be delivered in Maltese.

Pre-requisite: Knowledge of Maltese and an interest in literature/literary theory.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture and Seminar

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Immanuel Mifsud

 

 
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