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Bodily Fictions ENGL110 FA

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	20	0	Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

In this course we will approach the topic of bodily fictions from two perspectives: we will study representations of bodies in various works of fiction from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and we will explore the multiple cultural fictions routinely produced and reproduced about such bodies. Some of the themes to be examined include: literary representation of hysteria, "foreign" bodies and the politics of race, diseased bodies and fictions of health and normalcy, discipline and the modern body, feminist theory and reproductive technologies.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected authors may include: Margaret
Atwood, Malek Alloula, Mary Shelley, Judith Butler, Sigmund
Freud, Sylvia Plath, Michel Foucault, Luce Irigaray, Sander
Gilman, Jean Rhys, Angela Carter, Gayatri Spivak, Audre
Lorde, Octavia Butler.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent short papers, oral presentation, and one longer final project.

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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Ciolkowski, L; Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Reference:

Larsen, Nella, QUICKSAND AND PASSING, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press,1986

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