ENGL 3037 Advanced Writing & Research: Queer Literatures & 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. Prerequisite: passing Effective Communication 1 or its equivalent with a grade of 'C' (2.0) or higher.