ENGL 2065 - GLBTQ Literature

1. Literature by, about, and for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) people
2. Literary traditions of GLBTQ authors and literature
3. Authors¿ life experiences and influences on GLBTQ literature
4. Historical and artistic trends and influences on GLBTQ literature
5. Elements of literature, including plot, character, point-of-view, setting, theme, tone, style
6. Strategies of literary criticism with emphasis on queer-theory and feminist approaches
7. Definition of ¿literature¿ and canon formation
8. Literature by GLBTQ authors and for GLBTQ readers from a variety of cultures, regions, ethnicities, and/or classes

1. analyze basic literary elements in works studied.
2. analyze fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction in GLBTQ literature.
3. analyze the social, legal, political, economic, and religious institutions and attitudes that affect human sexual and gender expression, as reflected in the literature.
4. analyze those works as expressions of diverse individual and human values within a historical and social context.
5. articulate an informed personal reaction to GLBTQ literature.
6. develop personal responses to various GLBTQ issues as expressed in the literature.
7. evaluate GLBTQ issues by considering personal choices, human interrelationships, cultural systems, and institutions as seen in the literature.
8. explore various solutions to GLBTQ problems as seen in the literature and in current issues.
9. identify the scope and variety of works in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) literature.
10. interpret patterns and interrelationships between individual experience and socio-cultural systems as reflected in the literature.

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