LIT 167 CM - Gay and Lesbian Writers

This course examines the role of gay and lesbian writers in shaping important currents of 20^th-century culture. We will study early definitions of homosexuality in its relation to cultural issues, shifting conceptions of gay and lesbian identity in literature of the 20^th century, competing claims of “positive” versus “negative” images, and how literary and aesthetic issues influence the cultural understanding of identity. Authors will include Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Edmund White, Leslie Feinberg, and Cherrie Moraga.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 167 CM