EGL 194 - Confronting the Canon: Confronting Dido’s Many Faces

Course Units: 1

This course introduces students to some of the foundational questions raised when interrogating & reconfiguring what has long been considered the traditional, Western literary canon. English classes, in many different educational settings, have an extensive history of perpetuating the “greatness” of texts by white, heterosexual, male authors, often at the expense of those works written by women, writers of color, & queer writers, among other diverse groups. “The Many Faces of Dido” will challenge traditional interpretations of Dido, portrayed in classical works of fiction, poetry, drama, & art. CC: HUL, HUM, WAC, JCHF, JLIT, JSPE ISP: GSWS