In this class we will posit that we are planning a conference to be titled The Promises of Monsters. This requires that we envision what such a conference might be, and what each of us might present at it. We will compare modern representations of the monstrous with a few of the postmodern, to gain an appreciation of how the idea of the monster has changed in that transition, and what the changes imply for our own ideas of bodies, subjectivity, and desire.
Class is in seminar format.
This means that your active participation is a requirement of the course. During the semester I expect you to contribute your own ideas and arguments to the discussion, and to be willing to take the risks such contributions imply. During the last week of the semester, we will stage the mini-conference for our own entertainment and for other interested students and faculty in the college. Your grade is based in part on what you contribute. Any RTF classes listed as prerequisites in the Catalog.