GSS395Q
Reading Feeling: Literature and Affect Theory
Subject code
GSS
Course Number
395Q
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
K. Adkison
Course Long Title
Reading Feeling: Literature and Affect Theory
Cross Listed Courses
Description
What does it mean to recognize the body as affectable? How might this recognition inform our understanding of power? How has affect contributed to the study of literature, and how might literature contribute to the study of affect? Students read literature of various genres side-by-side with the development of "affect theory." They trace the tendrils of feeling and emotion to some foundational roots in philosophy, psychology and psychoanalysis, and cognitive science, but the focus is on the affect theory that develops out of feminism, queer theory, and women of color- and queer of color-critique. Prerequisite(s): one 100-level English course. Recommended background: ENG 296.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
W2
GEC This Course Belongs To
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Class Restriction
Exclude First Years