Fall 2024 First-Year Writing (Barnard) BC1104 section 001

SUBVERTING THE SCRIPT

Call Number 00195
Day & Time
Location
MW 11:40am-12:55pm
403 Barnard Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Duygu Ula
Type LECTURE
Course Description

In this course we will read texts by feminist and queer authors that complicate and subvert mainstream and dominant scripts about gender, sexuality, race, nation, and class. What kinds of narratives do mainstream ideas regarding these categories leave out? How have authors resisted erasure through queering and subverting mainstream categories? How might we, as readers and critical thinkers, queer the script through our scholarly practice? Drawing on queer and feminist scholarship that calls for a radical restructuring of the ways we see and shape our worlds, we will consider how authors push back against dominant ideologies through literary, scholarly and cinematic works.

Texts are subject to change, but will likely include a selection from the following list: works by Nella Larsen, Carmen Maria Machado, Safia Elhillo, Celine Sciamma and Cheryl Dunye, and critical theory by Laura Mulvey, bell hooks, and Judith Butler. Required course texts will not exceed $10; in addition, all course texts are available as links and e-reserves through the library.

Web Site Vergil
Department First-Year Writing @Barnard
Enrollment 15 students (16 max) as of 11:06AM Friday, December 6, 2024
Subject First-Year Writing (Barnard)
Number BC1104
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Open To Barnard College
Section key 20243FYWB1104X001