English 286f - Sexuality andWomen'sWriting

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Mount Holyoke College

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(Same as Gender Studies 204f-01) An examination of how u.S. women writers in the twentieth century represented lesbian, queer, and homoerotic possibilities in prose. Topics to include: literary strategies for encoding sexuality; thematic interdependencies between sexuality and race; historical contexts such as the "inversion" model of homosexualityand the Stonewall rebellion; theoretical issues such as the "heterosexual matrix," the"epistemology of the closet," and tensions betweenlesbian and queer models of sexuality. Authors studied may include Allison, Brown, Cather, Gomez, Larsen, McCullers, Moraga, Nestle, Pratt, Stein, andWoolson; theorists may include Butler, Lorde, Rich, and Sedgwick. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Young Prereq. soph, jr, sr; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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