Spring 2020  |  CSCL 3352W Section 001: Queer Aesthetics & Queer Critique (55600)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 110
Enrollment Status:
Open (42 of 48 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Is there such a thing as global queer aesthetic? If so, how do various modes of representation and expression (novels, poetry, and sophisticated uses of language across film, television and video, digital media, pop music and punk) elaborate and enact queerness in particular material ways while also helping to create a larger, intermedial queer culture?
Class Description:
Materials include a novel by James Baldwin (Giovanni's Room), a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), pop culture figures like Lady Gaga and films like Paris is Burning. In addition to readings in classic and contemporary queer theory (e.g., Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Jack Halberstam, Rod Ferguson, Eve Sedgwick, etc), the course will also cover representations of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1990s.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in contemporary LGTBQ politics and/or the history of queer cultural forms. Students looking to fulfill Writing Intensive credit.
Grading:
10% attendance, 10% participation, 15% reading assignments, 30% midterm essay, 35% final essay
Exam Format:
No exam
Class Format:
Lecture, partner discussion, group discussion, film screenings
Workload:
Weekly readings (20-30 pages) of varying genres: literature, graphic novels, film criticism, critical theory and philosophy. Weekly reading posts. Short critical analysis essays (2x). Final Essay (1x)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55600/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 January 2019

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