ENG 332 - Queering the Restoration (1)

Focusing on literature of the English Restoration, this course incorporates scandalous comedies, queer feminist dramas, domestic advice manuals and cookbooks, raunchy poetry, cross-dressing lesbian pirate stories, and more. The emphasis is on the expression of different gender roles for men and for women, deviation from expected norms (keeping in mind that our modern understanding of sexual “norms” with respect to the past is skewed), and gender-based rebellions that encompassed multiple models of sexual and emotional expression. We will also be reading literary criticism and theory to contextualize both the historical milieu and our conversations about gender. Course projects include producing personally-inspired texts like family recipe books, performing theatrical adaptations, modernizing comedies to accommodate 21st century sexual expression, and archival research. Features archival visits and guest speakers. Prerequisites: W course, ENG 201, ENG 202, or ENG 215, or GSS 171. Offered every third year.
(Humanities)