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ENGL 114 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Literature Units: 3.00
This course examines the unique perspectives that literary works offer on urgent questions of race, sexuality, queerness, feminism, and ability. Focusing on texts from the past and the contemporary era, it explores how literature can complicate and enrich existing vocabularies for thinking about identity, difference, and solidarity.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion Maximum of 6.0 units of ENGL at the 100-level.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Use discipline-specific terminology in the analysis of portrayals of race, gender, and sexuality in literary texts of various genres.
- Demonstrate a historical and critical understanding of literary portrayals of race, gender, and sexuality.
- Assess the role literature plays in constructing and expressing identities.
- Deploy a methodological approach to close reading and critical thinking.
- Develop interpretations in thesis-driven essays supported by appropriate textual evidence.