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Lecturer(s)
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Sloboda Zdeněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction. Basic terminology. 2. Historical and disciplinary context. 3. Gender and feminist critical context. Double morale, gender order. 4. Gender linguistics abroad and in the Czech Rep. 5. Language as ideology - the phenomenon of biological narratives. 6. Gender/sex in the Czech language - gramatical gender, generic masculine, lexical specifics. 7. Language at school and school textbooks - educational aspects of gendered use of language 8. Language in the media - critical analysis of the media. 9. Language and sexuality of men and women. 10. Sexual minorities in language - How do we speak about gender and sexual "others"? 11. Gay-speak as specific socio-lect and mechanism of sub-cultural cohesion and protection against "outsiders". 12. Seminar paper discussion.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 7 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is to introduce the students with general premises of the area often called as gender linguistics. And this by objectification of a presence of gender (feminity, masculinity and sexualized aspects) within not only Czech but also other languages. We will discuss how are cultural images of men and women constructed by language and in the language. Moreover our aim would be the appearance of sexualized meanings in the language and different patterns of use of language by men, women and so called sexual minorities. Students should acquire not only knowledge about this area, but mainly gender senzitivity to be able to analyze written and spoken language from the aspect of gender. They should be aware of power relations that are re-producing gender inequalities. The course is based on lectures, text reading and discussion, and on practicing own analyses.
Students will precise their work with both scholarly and popular texts; develop skills in critical analysis of social phenomena (through the analysis of language); will get familiar with the methods of ideological, or membership categorization analysis; and will acquire gender sensitivity.
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Prerequisites
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General knowledge of sociological terminology is requested. Previous passing of introductory course on gender (Feminist Criticism, or Gender Identities) and on communication are of an advance. Student should be fafmiliar with the concept of gender, shloud be sensitive to social inequalities that are rooted in the critical theories (such as Frankfurt, or Birmingham School, feminist theories) and on so called linguistic turn (the awareness of structuralism and post-structuralism, ethnomethodology, symbolical interactionism and foucauldian discourse theory).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Essay, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work
Conditions for the course successfull passing is: activity during the seminars which includes participation at discussions and fulfillment of tasks. Colloquium will be done in the form of individual seminar paper that will discuss and analyse relevant partial topic from the area of gender & language.
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Recommended literature
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Cameron, D. & Kulick, D. (2003). Language and Sexuality. Cambridke Uni Press.
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Jarkovská, Lucie . (2004). 'Role pohádek a dětské literatury v reprodukci genderových nerovností'. in Nosál, Igor. Obrazy dětství v dnešní české společnosti. Studie ze sociologie dětství.. Brno, Barrister&Principal.
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Oates-Indruchová, L., & Hájková, H. (1998). Dívčí válka s ideologií: klasické texty angloamerického feministického myšlení. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).
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Plummer, Kenneth. (2004). ?An invitation to a sociology of stories? in Telling Sexual Stories. . Routledge.
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Ranzetti, J. & Curran, D. (2003). Ženy, muži a společnost. . Praha, Karolinum.
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Simpson, Paul. (1995). Language, Ideology and Point of View. Routledge.
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Tannen, Deborah. (1995). Ty mi prostě nerozumíš. Praha, Mladá fronta.
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Valdrová, Jana . (2006). ?Ženy a muži v jazyce. Generické maskulinum? & ?Na cestě k genderově korektnímu jazyku?. in Gender a společnost. . Ústí nad Labem, PdF UJEP.
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