Topic: Queer Aunts
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10:00am-11:15am | TuTh | Callaway Center N204 | McCarthy, Maureen. | FWRT. | 4 | 4211 | TBA. |
Content: Literature and history abound with examples of "queer" aunts, usually childless women who nurture their nieces and terrify their nephews. While learning the basics of writing about literature (prose, poetry, drama) and other texts (essays, films, visual art), we will tackle questions such as: What does it mean to be a childless woman? What is her political role? Her place in society? Her place in the family?
Texts may include: Louisa May Alcott's Eight Cousins or the Aunt Hill, Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Graham Greene's Travels with my Aunt, Frank Cappa's Arsenic and Old Lace, Selections from Jane Austen, Audre Lorde, Catharine Beecher, Mary Moody Emerson, The Simpsons, Frida Kahlo, and Lucille Clifton.
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