ENG 337 THE LITERATURE OF PASSING
THE LITERATURE OF PASSING
Explorations of various forms of "passing"—black as white, Jew as gentile, woman as man, gay as straight—in literature and film. Issues include the notion of a visible or marked "identity," motives for passing, comparisons between different forms of passing, and meanings of "coming out." Literary works to be studied may include Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Chestnutt's The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, Larsen's Passing, Cather's My Antonia, Leavitt's The Lost Language of Cranes, and Gates's "White Like Me." Films may include The Crying Game, Paris Is Burning, and Europa Europa. Secondary readings in feminist, gay and lesbian/queer, and critical race theory.
Cross Listed Courses
This is the same course as
GWS 337.
Prerequisite
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For sophomores,
ENG 250 is strongly recommended.
Enrollment Limit
Enrollment limited to 18 students.
Attributes
MOIB, SDP, W