| Course Title: Advanced Seminar: 'The Queer Early Modern' |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course combines early modern texts with various related secondary readings that will enable students to better understand the way that sexuality-both normative and nonnormative-was portrayed and interpreted in Renaissance literature. As we progress through the course, we will discuss what defines queer history and histories of sexuality, how the history of sexuality in the past informs the present, and, ultimately, the ways in which we can use early modern literature to better understand ourselves today. Course texts will include Christopher Marlowe's Edward II, John Lyly's Galatea, Shakespeare's sonnets, and the poetry of Aemilia Lanyer and Katherine Philips. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Caitlin Mahaffy | cmahaffy@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 10:15AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-382QM-01 The Queer Early Modern |
| GNDST-333QM-01 The Queer Early Modern |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Convent of Pleasure Author: Cavendish, Margaret Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780692654620 Publisher: |
Required | 14.99 |
| Title: The Roaring Girl Author: Dekker and Middleton, Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780713668131 Publisher: Methuen Drama |
Required | 13.95 |
| Title: Edward II Author: Marlowe, Christopher Copyright: 2014 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781472520524 Publisher: Methuen Drama |
Required | 13.95 |
| Title: Galatea Author: Lyly, John Copyright: 2012 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780719088056 Publisher: Manchester University Press |
Required | 8.96 |
| Title: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems Author: Shakespeare, Copyright: 2006 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780743273282 Publisher: |
Recommended | 12.82 |
| Title: As You Like It Author: Shakespeare, Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781982109400 Publisher: |
Required | 9.59 |
| Title: Lieutenant Nun: The True Story of a Cross-Dressing, Transatlantic Adventure Author: de Erauso, Catalina Copyright: 1997 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780807070734 Publisher: Beacon Press |
Required | 15.74 |
| Title: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (Selected Works) Author: de la Cruz, Sor Juana Copyright: 2015 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393351880 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
Required | 14.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Additional readings will be available on Moodle. |