ENG 178: QUEER LITERATURE
3 hours, 3 credits
A contemporary survey of queer-identified texts including poetry, short stories, memoir, creative non-fiction, and excerpts from novels and graphic novels. Works by writers such as Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Cherie Moraga, Alyson Bechdel, and William S. Burroughs. Texts will be studied through lens of intersectionality to explore how sexual identities interconnect with and shape other categories of identity, including gender, race, ethnicity, class, culture, and nation. This course will require critical essays, including a researched paper.
Prerequisite: ENG 100, 110, or 111
Summer & Fall 2024 Sections
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