ENG568 (Language, Power and Gender) acquaints students with a broad range of theories and analytical tools for a critical study of linguistic practices, power, and gender in different countries around the world. The emphasis is specifically on spoken and written language, but discussions will include different features of nonverbal communication too. Students will understand the way both language and gender are embedded in structures of power and normative patriarchal authorities that perpetuate social inequality and injustice. They will also become sensitive about the historical, political, social, and cultural factors and ideologies that influence the intertwined relationship between language and gender, and instigate power struggles.
