Description
I participated as a speaker. The following abstract is the paper I presented:In the C1 level of Spanish (MCER), students learn to write various types of texts demonstrating their linguistic competence. The course Language Paper 1 is a Spanish language module at the University of Edinburgh and requires students to write argumentative, descriptive, journalistic, and advertising texts, both in literary and non-literary contexts. We use examples as a didactic strategy to help them identify genre characteristics, linguistic and semantic tools, and writing models, enriching their understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures. The aim of this intervention was to widen the range of examples produced by women writers.
By analysing this situation, the objective was to highlight the lack of texts written by women. However, as the research project developed, it became obvious that it would be more valuable to emphasise the benefits of increasing the presence of texts authored by women. As a result, I created a repository of texts by female authors to ascertain if reading women’s texts promotes a decentred position […] and cultural self-awareness and self-critique” (Hortal Sandoval, 2017, p. 77); if it provides access to a literary landscape “that brings about a new way of conceiving and interpreting cultural interconnections” (García Villalba, 2019, p. 2); and, if creating a repository with women’s texts allows us to acknowledge “genius women who have been forgotten” (Moncada Guevara, 2021). From September 2023, the repository was available for students at the University of Edinburgh who required access to it.
Keywords: women’s literature, dismantling the literary canon of patriarchy, digital repository, women’s writing, diversifying Spanish teaching.
| Period | 30 Jun 2023 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Leeds, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |