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ENGL 131GT: |
Studies in American Literature
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Gender Transgression in 20th-Century American Literature |
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| Winter 2010 |
| Instructor: Stephanie Hsu |
| Meets on: MW 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM SH 1430 |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2, 50, or 109; English 10; or upper-division standing |
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| Satisfies a GE area G and a Writing requirement |
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| May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided the letter designations are different, but only 8 units may be applied toward the English major. |
As an organizing category of social experience, sexual difference is a powerful trope in theories of language and subjectivity. As a form of embodiment, however, the meaning of gender exceeds the sexed body itself and comes to be articulated alongside formations of race, class, ability, and sexuality. This course explores what we can learn from the violation of gender norms in late 19th- and 20th-century American literature. We will be examining the formal significance of androgyny, cross-gender identification, or gender-f*cking in the literary text as well as the impact of these on the construction of the social imaginary. Among the authors on the syllabus are: Mark Twain, Ellen Craft, Sui Sin Far, Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright, Cherrie Moraga, Patricia Powell, Leslie Feinberg, and Jeffrey Eugenides. In addition to reading works of feminist and psychoanalytic theory, we will also be dealing with critical writings in the emergent field of Transgender Studies.
If the course is full, you can go to this url
https://waitlist.ucsb.edu
to sign up on the wait list. |
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