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ENGL274

Aesthetics and Otherness
ENGL274 FA

Crosslistings: WMST274

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This course will examine how texts marked by difference of race, class, gender, geography, power, technology - interrupt or appropriate the aesthetic discourse of dominant cultures. The visible and conscious construction of counter-aesthetics will be examined in works by, among others, feminists, Native Americans, African-Americans, Chicano/Border writers, Asian-Americans.

MAJOR READINGS

The course will include interviews, films,
primary and theoretical texts by, among others, Kant,
Brooks, Barthes, Hutcheon, Cixous, DuBlau Plessis, Gunn
Allen.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A research proposal, one research paper (10-15 pages), and a seminar report. Attendance and participation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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