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(Subject to change. Check course website and Moodle for most updated schedule.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This is a hybrid class. This means that Tuesday classes will be held in person, while Thursday classes will be held online asynchronously.<\/b><\/p>\n

*Please Note: Due to Covid safety precautions, we will be meeting via Teams on 1\/10 and 1\/18. I will email everyone with a calendar invite and meeting link.*<\/b><\/p>\n

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Week One \u2013 What is Theory? \/ What is Queer Theory?<\/b>
\n<\/b>Tues. 1\/11: <\/b>Introduce syllabus and course overview. Provide alternate contact info. In class writing – what are your personal definitions of \u201ctheory\u201d and \u201cqueering\u201d? Discussion of Neil McCaw, \u201cReading Philosophically; or, Critical Theory.\u201d <\/span>
\n<\/span>Thurs. 1\/13: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Create an account on Perusall. (Course code is <\/span>ANDERSEN-HRHTC<\/b>) Please read and annotate the following readings on Perusall: McCann and Monaghan, \u201cDefining Queer Theory\u201d and Berlant and Warner, \u201cWhat does Queer Theory Teach Us about X?\u201d (Directions on how to use Perusall can be found on our course website and Moodle.)<\/span>
\n<\/span>TO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Reflective writing: Revisit your in-class writing from Tuesday.<\/a> After completing the reading for today, how have your definitions of \u201cqueering\u201d and \u201ctheory\u201d changed? Further guidelines for your reflections can be found on our course website and Moodle. Sign up\u00a0 for presentation dates. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Week Two \u2013 Queer Theory\u2019s History of Activism \/ Theorizing the Closet<\/b>
\n<\/b>Tues. 1\/18: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Foucault, selection from <\/span>History of Sexuality<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>IN CLASS: Discuss reading. Interpreting and applying difficult texts. Power structures in Foucault and sexuality today. Analysis exercises with selections from Ridinger, <\/span>Speaking for Our Lives<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Thurs. 1\/20: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Sedgwick, \u201cEpistemology of the Closet.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>TO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Post one question about the reading on our Moodle discussion board for today.<\/a> This can be a question you have regarding something you\u2019re confused about, a connection you\u2019ve made between the Sedgwick reading and a current event, a common theme you\u2019re noticing in the course so far, a conflicting idea you\u2019ve picked up on between Sedgwick and another theorist we\u2019ve read, etc. Then, respond to one of your classmate\u2019s questions. Further guidelines can be found on Moodle. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Week Three <\/b>
\n<\/b>Tues. 1\/25:<\/b> HOMEWORK DUE: Read Baldwin, <\/span>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/span><\/i>, pp. 1-80 (about). <\/span>
\n<\/span>IN CLASS: Applying theory exercises and contextualizing <\/span>Giovanni<\/span><\/i>. Watch Baldwin interviews and discuss. <\/span>
\n<\/span>Thurs. 1\/27: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read Baldwin, <\/span>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/span><\/i>, pp. 80 (about) – end.<\/span>
\n<\/span>TO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to the to\u00a0 the reflective writing\u00a0 questions posted for today.<\/a><\/span>
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\n<\/span>Week Four – Bodies and Embodiment \/ Gender Identity \/ Performativity, Part 1
\nTues. 2\/1: HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Butler, selections from Gender Trouble<\/em>, in Perusall.
\nIN CLASS: Presentation #1<\/a>. Discuss reading and watch\/discuss scenes from Pose <\/em>and Paris is Burning<\/em>.
\nThurs. 2\/3:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Butler, selections from Bodies That Matter<\/em>, in Perusall.
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond\u00a0 to the discussion\u00a0 board questions on Moodle about Butler, gender performance, and music videos<\/a>.
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Week Five
\nTues. 2\/8: HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Rubin, “Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries,” in Perusall. Read <\/span><\/b>Winterson,\u00a0Sexing the Cherry,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/b>up\u00a0<\/span><\/b>to p.44 (stop before reading The Story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.)
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS: Presentation #2<\/a>. Discuss reading.
\nThurs. 2\/10:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Read the rest of <\/span><\/b>Winterson,\u00a0Sexing the Cherry<\/em><\/span>.
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to prompt.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week Six – Camp! \/ Queering Heteronormative Ideas of Success \/ Playfulness and Humor in Queer Narrative
\nTues. 2\/15: HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Halberstam, selections from The Queer Art of Failure<\/em> in Perusall.\u00a0<\/span><\/del><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS: Presentation #3<\/a>. Finish Winterson discussion. Discuss Halberstam reading. Activity with Susan Sontag’s “notes on Camp” and RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/em>.
\nThurs. 2\/17:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Watch Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em> (1975) – available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, and on DVD through Taylor Memorial Library and Warren County Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: TBD.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/del><\/p>\n

Week Seven – Camp! \/ Queering Heteronormative Ideas of Success \/ Playfulness and Humor in Queer Narrative
\nTues. 2\/22: <\/b>NO CLASS!<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 2\/24: <\/strong>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Sontag, “Notes on Camp” in Perusall. Watch Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em> (1975 film) – available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, and on DVD through Taylor Memorial Library and Warren County Library. **I will host an optional in-person watch party on campus on 2\/24\u00a0 at 4pm, location TBD. If you’d like to join me, send me an email! \ud83d\ude42 **
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to prompt.<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week Eight<\/b>
\nTues. 3\/1: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Halberstam, selections from The Queer Art of Failure<\/em> in Perusall. (If you originally read this for 2\/15, please refresh your memory in preparation\u00a0 for class discussion.)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Discuss reading. <\/span><\/b>Presentation #3<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 3\/3:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Read Thom, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars.<\/em> (Please note: There are scenes of violence throughout this text.)<\/em><\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond\u00a0 to prompt.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week Nine<\/b>
\nTues. 3\/8: SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS<\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 3\/10: <\/strong><\/span><\/b>SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week TEN – Queer Theory\u00a0 and Feminist Theory<\/b>
\nTues. 3\/15: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Anzaldua, selections from This Bridge Called my Back<\/em> in Perusall. Read and annotate Rich essay in Perusall.\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Discuss reading. <\/span><\/b>Presentation #4 and #5<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 3\/17:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Ahmed, selections from Living a Feminist Life<\/em> in Perusall. Read and annotate Gay, selections from Bad Feminist<\/em> in Perusall.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to discussion\u00a0board questions and comment on peers’ posts on Moodle.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Week ELEVEN<\/b>
\nTues. 3\/22: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of my Name<\/em>, up to Chapter 18, p. 124.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS: Introduction to final project<\/a>. <\/span><\/b>Discuss reading. <\/span><\/b>Presentation #6<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 3\/24:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Finish reading Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of my Name.<\/em><\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to reading response prompt here.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week TWELVE – Queer Theory and Intersections of Race<\/b>
\nTues. 3\/29: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Puar, “Queer Times, Queer Assemblages” and “Rethinking Homonationalism” in Perusall.\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>IN CLASS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Discuss reading. <\/span><\/b>Presentation #7<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 3\/31:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Munoz, introduction to Dis\/Identifications.<\/em><\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Respond to reading response prompt here.\u00a0<\/a> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week THIRTEEN<\/b>
\nTues. 4\/5: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Watch Moonlight<\/em> (2016 film) – available on Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play, Sling, Roku, YouTubeTV, and on DVD through Taylor Memorial Library and Warren County Library. Watch Mosquita y Mari<\/em> (2012 film) – available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Apple TV. (Please note: The films we’re watching over the next few weeks, just like the novels we’ve read so far this semester, deal with adult themes and are obviously focused on sexuality. Just a heads-up that they are not G-rated.)\u00a0<\/em>
\n<\/span>IN CLASS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Discuss Munoz reading from Thurs. 3\/31 and films. Q&A session and writing time for proposals.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 4\/7:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Final project proposals<\/a> due in Google Drive folder by 11:59pm.<\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: Peer review of proposals (partners TBD)<\/em>. Please schedule a conference with\u00a0 me to review your draft if you would like. (Conference calendar link to be posted soon.)<\/em><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week FOURTEEN – Queer Crip Theory<\/b>
\nTues. 4\/12: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate McRuer, “<\/span>Compulsory Able-Bodiedness and Queer-Disabled Existence” in Perusall.
\n<\/span>IN CLASS:<\/span><\/b> Presentation #8<\/a>. <\/span>Discuss reading alongside influencers like Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (@jessicaoutofthecloset<\/a>), Aaron Phillip (@<\/a><\/span><\/b>aaron___philip), and Annie Segarra (@annieelainey<\/a>). Discuss peer review\u00a0 questions and next stage of final project. Using secondary research with theory-based analysis papers.<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 4\/14:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Watch Margarita with a Straw<\/em> (2014 film) – available on Tubi, Amazon Prime, Roku, and Apple TV. <\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: No extra work. Continue working on final project.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week FIFTEEN – Queering the Future: Queer Temporality, Queer Phenomenology, Queer Utopia<\/b>
\nTues. 4\/19: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Read and annotate Ahmed, short selection from Queer Phenomenology<\/em><\/span> in Perusall. Read and annotate Halberstam, short selection from A Queer Time and Place<\/em>\u00a0in Perusall.
\n<\/span>IN CLASS: <\/span><\/b>Presentation #9<\/a>.<\/span>Discuss films from Thurs. 4\/14. <\/span><\/b>Discuss readings. Discuss first draft questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 4\/21:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: First draft of final project<\/a> due.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\nTO BE COMPLETED ASYNCHRONOUSLY: No extra work. Please schedule a conference with me to review your draft as needed. (Conference calendar link to be posted soon.)<\/em><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Week SIXTEEN<\/b>
\nTues. 4\/26: <\/b>HOMEWORK DUE: Continuing working on final project. <\/span>
\n<\/span>IN CLASS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Discuss Munoz, selection from Cruising Utopia <\/em>and queer futurity. Course wrap up.<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/b>Thurs. 4\/28:<\/strong> HOMEWORK DUE: Final draft of final project<\/a> due.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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