Queer(ing) Québec

Catalog description

This course will focus on the formation and the representation of LGBTQIA2S+ epistemologies and identities in Québec. Students will explore literary and cinematographic accounts of queerness and will be introduced to key themes and critical frameworks through theoretical readings. This will give them a historical and cultural understanding of the Québec’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit + scene. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and an intersectional perspective, in this class we will look at diverse expressions of sexuality, LGBTQIA2S+ activism, and community, while giving students a comprehensive and broad understanding of the many forms of Queer(ing) Québec. Assignments will include weekly response postings, analytical papers, and oral presentation. Readings, films, discussions, and assignments are all in French. Satisfies French and Francophone Studies major and minor requirement. Satisfies Global Literary Theory major and minor requirement. Satisfies Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor requirement. Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric requirement. Satisfies Justice, Equality, and Community requirement.