Course - Feminist Perspectives on Western Music - MUSV1107
MUSV1107 - Feminist Perspectives on Western Music
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 100/100 | 4 hours | E |
Course content
As musicians, audiences, living divas, and dying heroines on the stage, women have been central to musical practice and criticism since the early modern period. Despite this centrality, however, feminist perspectives on music and opera - that is, perspectives that foregrounded their presence in Western music and challenged ideas about gender, sexuality, love, family, and authority upon which opera and musical practice relied - did not emerge until the late 1980s. This course will introduce students to key feminist music criticism while focusing on both the place of women in music history and operatic portraits of women in operas from different periods and traditions. The course will also consider the performers and the performative acts that have brought these women to stage life, observing how women’s voices often functioned as instruments of political ambition and sexual power. In particular, the course will engage students with the cultural interpretation of opera, exploring the genesis, source models and influences of selected operas, and negotiating the role of contemporary notions of gender and sexuality, and debates about women’s role in society.
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
An examinee with a completed qualification in MUSV1107
- has a broad knowledge of the presence of women in music history
- has a critical understanding of canon formation in Western music and women’s exclusion from the canon
- has critical understanding of the role of culture in shaping musical meaning and practices
- has in-depth knowledge of key texts in gender studies in musicology and feminist opera criticism
- has critical understanding of opera as a medium of contemporary views about women and their role in society
Skills:
An examinee with a completed qualification in MUSV1107
- has the ability to engage with complex texts critically
- has the ability to present knowledge, findings and critical insight in a coherent and convincing form both orally and in written form
- has well-developed oral and written skills of argument and debate
- can apply acquired knowledge and understanding in their own work
Learning methods and activities
Weekly instruction varies between lectures and seminar activities.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSV2007 | 7.5 | AUTUMN 2021 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Foundation courses, level I
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: SPRING 2023
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Gender Research
- Music History
- Comparative Literature
- Drama and Theatre Studies
- History
- Musicology
- Music Performance Studies
- Theatre Studies
Examination
Examination arrangement: School exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn UTS School exam 100/100 E 2022-12-21 09:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL120 blå sone Sluppenvegen 14 1 - Spring ORD School exam 100/100 E 2023-06-07 15:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"