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ENGL288
Reading Bodily Fictions
ENGL288 FA
Crosslistings: WMST288
Next Offered in 9899 FA
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 representations 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, Judith Butler, Sigmund Freud, Sylvia
Plath, Michel Foucault, Luce Irigaray, Sander Gilman, Jean
Rhys, Jeanette Winterson, Gayatri Spivak, Audre Lorde.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short essays (5 pages),
oral presentation, and one longer final paper (10 pages).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course counts
toward the English department's theory requirement.
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-03-1998
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