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Queer Rhetorics, Queer Performances:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

An Introduction in Theory, Literature, and Cultural Studies<\/b><\/p>\n

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What is \u201ctheory,\u201d and how can we use it in our everyday lives? Maybe the more interesting question is, what is this thing called \u201cqueer theory\u201d and how can queer be a noun, an adjective, and a verb? And why is Spongebob Squarepants on the same syllabus as Judith Butler? This class will address all these questions and more. This course is meant to serve as a basic introduction to the concept of critical theory – a way of reading texts and the world around you through specific philosophical\/cultural\/social lenses. To do this, we\u2019ll be focusing on queer theory, which stems from a combination of postmodern theories and LGBTQ+ activism. We\u2019ll rely on select theoretical texts as a way of establishing intersectional background knowledge for participants, and will use the lenses of rhetorical studies and performance studies to analyze queer performance in literature and pop culture along the way. Our central goal will be to establish a greater understanding of the broad implications of queer theory as an interdisciplinary method of scholarly interrogation – in other words, to see how using queer theory can help us think through problems from alternative perspectives, question traditional societal expectations, find glamour in texts where we wouldn\u2019t otherwise think to look, and interrogate gender-based power structures in new ways in the world around us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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