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ENGL110
Bodily Fictions
ENGL110 FA
Not Currently Offered
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 19th and 20th 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
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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