| Course Title: Women and Gender in the Study of Culture: 'Queer and Trans Writing' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: What do we mean when we say "queer writing" or "trans writing"? Are we talking about writing by queer and/or trans authors? Writing about queer or trans practices, identities, experience? Writing that subverts conventional forms? All of the above? In this course, we will engage these questions not theoretically but through praxis. We will read fiction, poetry, comics, creative nonfiction, and hybrid forms. Expect to encounter work that challenges you in terms of form and content. Some writers we may read include Ryka Aoki, James Baldwin, Tom Cho, Samuel R. Delany, kari edwards, Elisha Lim, Audre Lorde, Cherríe Moraga, Eileen Myles, and David Wojnarowicz. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Andrea Lawlor | alawlor@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | LIBR - Williston Memorial Library | 618 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-219QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing |
| GNDST-204QT-01 Queer and Trans Writing |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Dispatch Author: Awkward-Rich, Cameron Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780892555031 Publisher: Persea |
Required | 15.95 |
| Title: Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through Author: Fleischmann, T Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781566895477 Publisher: Coffee House Press |
Required | 16.95 |
| Title: Jonny Appleseed Author: Whitehead, Joshua Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781551527253 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp |
Required | 15.95 |
| Title: Juliet Takes a Breath Author: Rivera, Gabby Copyright: 2019 Edition: any Volume: ISBN: 9780593108178 Publisher: Dial (reprint, any edition okay) |
Required | 17.99 |
| Title: The Left Hand of Darkness Author: LeGuin, Ursula K. Copyright: 1969 Edition: any Volume: ISBN: 9780441478125 Publisher: Ace (any edition okay) |
Required | 9.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Books in South Hadley |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: I encourage you to purchase required course texts from the Odyssey, a locally-owned independent bookstore, if you are able. Writers need to be aware of the economic ramifications of ordering books from Amazon. See this article for more information and resources: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119769/amazons-monopoly-must-be-bro ken-radical-plan-tech-giant. Whenever possible, try to support living QT/POC writers by buying their books from local independent bookstores or directly from the publishers! But of course we writers also have our own economic contingencies. All required texts for the course are on 3 hour reserve at the library. If you need additional help, contact me privately about alternate arrangements--I sometimes have a spare copy. Please note: I will add one or two more titles once I have more information about visitors. |