2011 activities

January 2011 Wo/men’s representations: conceptual concerns activity supervised by lecturer Nadia Morarasu and assistant lecturer Mihaela Culea
Participants: Laura Ionescu (LMA I), Cosmin Stan, Alisa Olariu (E-F II), Alexandra Laiu, Alexandra Chetran, Roxana Popa (R-E III), Alexandra Sion, Carmina Benchea (E-R III), Luana Aconstantinesei


10 March 2011 THE SYNTAX AND STYLE OF ACADEMIC PAPERS workshop activity organized by lecturer Nadia Morarasu
Participants: 2nd and 3rd year students majoring in English Language and Literature
Special guest: Alex Lacatusu (presenting a model of diploma paper defense)

4 May 2011 GENDERED REPRESENTATIONS ACROSS CULTURES activity supervised by lecturer Nadia Morarasu and assistant lecturer Mihaela Culea for “Celebrating Anglophone Cultures” activity organised by the English Department, 3-5 May 2011
Participants: Laura Ionescu (LMA I), Cosmin Stan, Alisa Olariu (E-F II), Alexandra Laiu, Alexandra Chetran, Roxana Popa (R-E III), Alexandra Sion, Carmina Benchea (E-R III)

Topics discussed:
1.       Biased representations of marriage and domestic relations

2.       Polarized representations of gender roles in G.B. Shaw’s Man and Superman

-   Victims vs. victimizers, entrappers vs. entrapped

-   Consumer vs. consumed male and female characters

3.      Representations of gender roles in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman

      -   Representations of Clara’s gender roles

      -   Representations of Ainsley’s gender roles

      -  Representations of Marian’s gender roles