English: Gender&Sexuality in 19th-C US (A)

About ENGL 3400 A

Advanced study in nineteenth-century literature. Representative topics: The Beat Generation; Literature and Society in Modern Ireland; Dostoevsky's Influence on Twentieth-century American Literature. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Credit not awarded for both ENGL 3400 and ENGL 5300. Prerequisites: ENGL 1500, ENGL 2000; English major, Secondary Education major with a concentration in English, or English minor; minimum Junior standing.

Notes

Prereqs enforced by the system: ENGL 1500, ENGL 2000; English major, Secondary Education major with a concentration in English, or English minor; minimum Junior standing. Crosslisted with GSWS 3990 Total combined enrollment = 20 System waitlisting enabled for this section

Section Description

The heterosexual marriage plot may be our most familiar narrative form, but American literature has a great deal to say about less celebrated forms of sexuality, as well as non-normative gender identities. This course draws on novels, images, poetry, essays, and historical materials, to consider such topics as adultery; reproduction; transgender and intersex people; race and sexuality; “free love”; obscenity; incest; first-wave feminism; and lesbian, gay, and bisexual experiences. Literary authors include Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, Hopkins, Douglass, Fuller, Whitman, Craft, Alcott, Chesnutt, London, and Cather.

Evaluation

One essay (12-15 pages), 20 short reading responses, and regular attendance and active participation.

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