ENGL 2037 Advanced Writing & Research: Queer Literature & Film
Representations of queerness in both American and British contexts through literature, film, and theory. Foundational texts in queer theory, including those by Foucault, Sedgwick, and Bersani, inform the reading of works across historical periods—from Renaissance to Victorian, modern to contemporary—and by authors including Rossetti, Forster, Gonzalez, Woolf, Isherwood, Machado, Walker, Baldwin, Moraga, Islas, Winterson, and Kureishi. Satisfies the Effective Communication 2 Core area with a 'C' (2.0) or higher. Prerequisite: passing Effective Communication 1 or its equivalent with a grade of 'C' (2.0) or higher.