CTSJ 233 Queer Literature and Culture

This course introduces students to literary questions of queerness canonization and nation in the context of the United States' twentieth century discourses about homosexuality. Students will critically examine the production of certain ideas of the nation through literature by examining questions raised through queer texts. The course will run concurrently with CTSJ 333: The Queer Novel; assignments for CTSJ 233 will be designed for a 200-level course. Emphasis Topic: Feminist and Queer Studies.