Art dance from the Italian Renaissance through the ballets of contemporary dance. Art dance from Isadora Duncan to Martha Graham and descendants. A study of English and American literature from the perspective of sexuality and sexual identity. A critical survey of Asian American literature, with particular attention to aesthetic achievements, recurrent forms and themes, and interrelations with other American literatures. Studies in Literary Genres Practical and theoretical study of such literary genres as the lyric, the epic, the romance, tragedy, comedy, and satire.
Course is repeatable as topics change.
Intensive formal, historical, and theoretical analysis of gender and sexuality in film, television, and visual culture. Weekly screenings and readings. G. Screening the Lesbian. Course is repeatable as topics change. The unique experience of the Chicana viewed from social, intellectual, historical, and artistic perspectives.