AML 2410 Section 3698: Introduction to Queer Theory and Literature
Class: MWF 8 (3:00-3:50) MAT 0051
Office Hours: TUR 4323 F 5-7 and by appointment
Announcements
12/2: Schedule updated, Paper 3 Assignment Sheet now available
Your Next Weeks At a Glance
M 11/29: Halberstam 125-end
Halberstam 3: Why must Halberstam look to subcultures in order to envision a kind of counterpublic?
W 12/1: The Hours 3-87
Cunningham 1: What is one example of a character in 'The Hours' experiencing time in a 'queer' way?
F 12/3: The Hours 88-162
Cunningham 2: How does one of our three protagonists envision the future, as compared to the past, particularly in terms of death (both literal and that of possibilities)?
M 12/6: The Hours 163-end
Cunningham 3: How does queer time and/or space deal with the issue of embodied time vs. conceptual time?
W 12/8: Wrap Up (evaluations and course discussion--PLEASE attend)
Useful Stuff
Judith Halberstam (Wikipedia)
Michael Cunningham (LION)
Parallel Lives - Michael Wood (NY Times Review)
The Hours (Wikipedia)
Writing
Essential Links
Weird, Potentially Useful Things