FF:AJ16171 Gay Studies - Course Information
AJ16171 Gay Studies
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:40 G24
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language and Literature (Eng.) (programme FF, B-FI)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-GK)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-MA)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-TV)
- Course objectives
- This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the development, history and current state of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer culture in the English-speaking world, in particular in the United States and United Kingdom. The main body of the course is divided into five modules, with each two-week module focusing on a specific historical period/topic. During the first week of the module, socio-historical and cultural aspects of the issue at hand will be addressed. During the second week of the module, a work of literature (novel, short story) that deals with the module's theme will be examined.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to discuss the writing of others with sensitivity and appreciation; have an understanding of Gay Studies and Queer Theory, particularly in an Anglo-American context; and be familiar with the key events, themes, and figures involved in those contexts from roughly 1850 to the present.
- Syllabus
- Weeks 2-12: Baker and Scheele
Week 1: Alexander, et al., Introduction and Chapter 1: Before Identity
Week 2: Alexander, et al., Chapter 2: Sexologies
Week 3: Alexander, et al., Chapter 3: Toward Liberation
Week 4: Alexander, et al., Chapter 4: Queer Normalization and Beyond
Week 5: Alexander, et al., Chapter 5: Politics
Week 6: Alexander, et al., Chapter 6: Queer Diversities
Week 7: Alexander, et al., Chapter 7: Intersectionalities
Week 8: Alexander, et al., Chapter 8: Queer Literatures
Week 9: Alexander, et al., Chapter 9: Visual and Performing Arts
Week 10: Alexander, et al., Chapter 10: Film and Television
Week 11: Alexander, et al., Chapter 11: Queers and the Internet
Week 12: Alexander, et al., Chapter 12: Queer Cultures
- Weeks 2-12: Baker and Scheele
- Literature
- required literature
- ALEXANDER, Jonathan, Deborah T. MEEM and Michelle A. GIBSON. Finding out : an introduction to LGBTQ studies. Third edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xxxv, 426. ISBN 9781506337401. info
- BARKER, Meg-John and Julia SCHEELE. Queer : a graphic history. London: ICON, 2016, 175 stran. ISBN 9781785780714. info
- Teaching methods
- One 2-hour seminar per week.
- Assessment methods
- (1) An in-class credit test given during the exam period. This exam will cover all the readings as well as material presented in the seminar. The test will account for 80% of the final mark.
(2) The compulsory Mezipatra element will account for 10% of the final mark, with the quiz on the documentary Celluloid Closet 4% and the film review making up 6% of the final mark.
(2) Seminar participation and attendance will account for 10% of the final mark. Class participation means both attendance and speaking in class. - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2178
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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