| Course Title: The Renaissance: 'Renaissance Bodies, Sex, and Gender' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: Through an examination of poetry, drama, prose, and a selection of the visual arts, this class will analyze representations of bodies in the Renaissance. We will ask: how are bodies and desires portrayed in early modern texts? How is deviance either censured or celebrated? How did literary traditions like the blazon, the epic, and transvestism on the stage contribute to the construction of gender in the period? Assignments will center on original research about bodies that include, but are not limited to, sexuality, race, gender, social class, or disability. The final portion of the semester will look at responses to Renaissance authors in the twenty-first century through genres such as the graphic novel, film, and the visual arts. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Katherine Walker | knwalker@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Does not meet English department seminar requirement |
| Course Tags | ||
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |