ENGL 162 - LGBTQ Literature

Credits: 5
An examination of stories, poems, and work of other genres addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identities. Applying lenses of culture, race, nationality, religion, and history, the course examines LGBTQ literature’s interactions with cultural and historical constructions of sexuality and gender. Coursework includes critical/cultural theory, writing, and research.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Compare literary works from different cultures and subcultures, nationalities, historical periods, and other contexts to analyze the different cultural constructions of gender and sexuality these works support or challenge.
Connect literary texts to arguments and models from critical and cultural theory.
Evaluate the intersecting roles of culture, race, nationality, religion and history in framing, creating, and controlling sexual and gender identities and practices, as portrayed in literary writing.
Write original arguments about LGBTQ literature.
Investigate research problems in the fields of LGBTQ literature and queer studies.

Program Outcomes
Students will demonstrate college-level reading skills by summarizing, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, and evaluating college texts; and develop an awareness of the approaches writers use for different audiences, genres, and rhetorical situations.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.