343 Gay Situations
| Course Description | |
|---|---|
| Tracks framing of homosexual desire across the twentieth century. Examines how "the love that dare not speak its name" does in fact name itself in sharply differing contexts such as high modernism, beat culture, pulp fiction, medical drama, and tribal validation. Examines how homosexuality is housed within various genres, and considers how a given discourse defines, bolsters, excuses, and even eclipses gay identity. Primary texts include writing by Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, C. P. Cavafy, Ann Bannon, William S. Burroughs, James Baldwin, Audrey Lorde, Paul Monette, and Tony Kushner. Discussion of such texts is supplemented by consideration of related media, such as physique magazines, erotic drawing, advertising, and film (weekly screenings include The Blue Angel, Rope, Advise and Consent, Flaming Creatures, The Boys in the Band, Cruising, Longtime Companion, Tongues Untied, The Celluloid Closet, Bound). Note: This course is offered as part of the curriculum in Gay and Lesbian Studies. | |
| Distribution | |
| C | |
| Prerequisites | |
| One first-year seminar or 100-level course in the English department | |
| Day/Time: | T — 6:30 - 9:25 |
| Location: | VAC-Picture Study |
| Instructor: | Phillipson, Mark L (mphillip@bowdoin.edu) |
| Class Email: | eng343@bowdoin.edu |
| Final Exam: | 05/22/2004, 9:00 am |
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