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ENGL288
Reading Bodily Fictions
ENGL288 FA
Crosslistings: WMST288
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
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-22-1999
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