Universität Wien

123250 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) American/North American & Cultural Studies (2020S)

Contemporary US Queer Literatures

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 10.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 17.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 24.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 31.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 21.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 28.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 05.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 12.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 19.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 26.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Monday 08.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Tuesday 16.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 23.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 30.06. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This class engages with LGBTQ* literary texts written in the U.S. between the Stonewall riots of 1969 and the present day. We will explore how these texts trace the emergence and consolidation of a number of sexual identity positions (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, and more) and their ambivalent, and varying, relationship with a cultural mainstream informed by heterosexuality, (neoliberal) capitalism, and the (U.S.) nation-state. We will ask how these texts negotiate questions of selfhood, relationality, community, or alliance, and we will ask how they position gender and sexual difference in relation to other markers of difference, such as race, class, age, ability, or region. We will explore how these texts become cultural and political agents themselves, and look at the strategies they employ in order to intervene in concrete political debates (around AIDS, homo- and transphobia, LGBTQ* legal rights, sexual education, pleasure politics, etc.). We will look at novels, memoirs, plays, as well as more experimental writing.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation in class and on moodle (including small tasks), presentation (in class or virtual, depending on the CoV situation), portfolio writing assignments

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active class participation, including small tasks (25%)
Presentation (15%)
Portfolio writing assignments (60%)

You need to complete all requirements to complete the course. The overall grading scheme is (1): 100-91%, (2): 90-81%, (3): 80-71%, (4): 70-61%, (5): 60-0%

Examination topics

n/a

Reading list

You need to get for yourselves (please calculate delivery times realistically):

Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle (Vintage ed.)
Audre Lorde: Zami, A New Spelling of My Name (Penguin Modern Classics ed.)
Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts (Melville House)
Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Jonathan Cape/Penguin)

All the other readings will be provided on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344; MA 844; MA UF 046/507
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325; MA5, MA6, MA7; M04A
Lehrinhalt: 12-0126

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