ENG 231-01 - American Literary Traditions III

4 credits (Spring)

This course will attempt a survey of queer literature in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. We’ll consider the changing representation of queer subjectivity from the pre-Stonewall era, through the early AIDS crisis, to the Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex marriage and continuing battles for fundamental rights. Prose writers we are likely to consider include James, Larsen, Cather, Baldwin, Holleran, Chee, Okparanta, Machado, Yuknavitch, Lawlor, Emezi. Among poets: Crane, Merrill, Ginsberg, Bishop, Lorde, Rich, Bidart, Phillips, Cole, Diaz, Smith, Charles, Skeets.

Prerequisite: ENG 120 or ENG 121 for majors; for non-majors, ENG 120 or ENG 121 or third-year standing.
Instructor: Staff