Academic Catalog 2022-2023 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EGL 317 - Jr. Seminar (Fall): Queer Theory

Course Units: 1
“Queer” is a complicated term with a long, often fraught history.  For the most part, it has been more recently adopted to invoke genders and sexualities that lie outside traditional, “normative” constellations, though critics of the term often focus on its problematic all-encompassing use as a synonym for gay and lesbian, its popular co-optability, and its potential prioritization of one facet of identity at the expense of others.  This seminar will interrogate queer theory and queer studies as fields of interdisciplinary.  We will pay particular attention to questions of desire, identity, citizenship, bodies, pleasure, and the construction of gender and sex.  We will also examine the relationships between queerness and race, class material conditions, age, able-bodiedness, and community formation.  Throughout our term we will read groundbreaking theoretical and historical works and also examine relevant literature, film, television, and popular culture.  (Also counts for GSW). Prerequisite(s): One 100-level and two 200-level English courses or instructor’s permission. CC: HUL, HUM, WAC ISP: GSW



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