| Course Title: Advanced Topics in English: 'American Animals' |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course investigates the representation of nonhuman animals in US literature and visual culture over the last 200 years. Topics include: literary animals, race, and racism; animals, gender, and sexuality; taxidermy and extinction; and experiments in representing animal perspectives. Readings in Animal Studies, Black Studies, feminist and queer theory, environmental humanities, and other fields. Authors, artists, and filmmakers may include Octavia Butler, Karen Joy Fowler, Zora Neale Hurston, Jack London, Eadweard Muybridge, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Jordan Peele, Edgar Allan Poe, Kelly Reichardt, Mark Twain, and Jesmyn Ward. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Elizabeth Young | 413-538-2326 | eyoung@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Waitlisted | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 9 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |