Queer Literature and Culture
English · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Every Second Year
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6 Credit hours of first-year English including ENGL-1001
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Description
How have 2SLGBTQ+ writers used literary forms to explore identity and record personal and collective history? How have texts by 2SLGBTQ+ writers circulated, both within queer communities and beyond them? These are some of the questions that inform an investigation of queer literature and culture in this course. This course offers a broad survey of queer literature that includes historical and contemporary materials. Students read fiction, poetry, drama, memoir and critical essays. In addition, students may study film, music, television, visual art and other cultural forms.
Requisite courses
6 Credit hours of first-year English including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ENGL-3901.
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