FREN 5350 is also offered in Fall 2024
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FREN 5350 is also offered in Fall 2022
FREN 5350 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2024 | FREN 5350 Section 001: Topics in Literature and Culture -- Anatomy of Difference: Theory of Human Diversity (33110)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 28
- Enrollment Status:
Open (4 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problem, period, author, or topic of interest. See Class Schedule.prereq: 3101 or equiv
- Class Notes:
- Course Description: This course confronts graduate students with a set of longstanding beliefs about human difference. Students will work through three intersecting frameworks of thought from the 19th century to the present day, to continue questioning the perceived problem of categorizing difference along axes of superior and inferior values. The first, vitalism, asks what we mean by a rational study of human life; next, post-structuralism, challenges the problems of the veracity of dominant narratives; and last, disability studies, provides alternative narratives of human experiences. To some extent, this sequence makes it appear as if each theoretical approach is separated from the other and other meditations on gender, race, and sexual orientation. However, rather than draw a chronological line between these thoughts, this course proposes recapturing the interplay between them to redefine difference, deviance, and differentness and conceive a mosaic image of human life. The course places a strong focus on terminology, which will motivate graduate students to contend with derogatory terms that function to oppress some individuals in different circumstances while affirming others at the same time. Negotiating the usage of such words in this in-depth study will lend to deconstructing and reforming the value system they propagate.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33110/1249
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