Spring 2025 First-Year Writing (Barnard) BC1137 section 001

THE TEENAGE STRANGE

Call Number 00210
Day & Time
Location
TR 11:40am-12:55pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Emily K Austin
Type LECTURE
Course Description

Teenagers inhabit a strange land: in exile from childhood, still immigrating to adulthood. How have different writers mapped the liminal territory of the teenage experience? In this class, we will step away from the rich tradition of realistic Coming-of-Age narratives and explore how genre frameworks—including speculative, horror, fairy tale, gothic, and quest traditions—have been used to illuminate the Teenage Strange. How have writers used the strangeness of genre to render this slice of time? How does genre capture the teenage intersection between public and private inquiry—between larger questions about the world, and more private questions about the self? How does genre construct questions about fear, desire, rage, shame, power, culture, and love? How does it deconstruct reality so it can be seen, investigated, and felt? Readings may include work by Octavia Butler, A.S. King, Angela Carter, Carmen Maria Machado, Shirley Jackson, Joan He, Francesca Lia Block, Kelly Link, Viktor Shklovsky, Ursula K. LeGuin, Akwaeke Emezi, and others.

Web Site Vergil
Department First-Year Writing @Barnard
Enrollment 15 students (15 max) as of 10:05AM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Status Full
Subject First-Year Writing (Barnard)
Number BC1137
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20251FYWB1137X001