English and drama

Queer Fictions

Module code: Q3186D2
Level 6
30 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture
Assessment modes: Dissertation

In this module, we will explore recent American literary texts alongside some key contemporary queer theoretical works that explore queerness in American culture and society.

We will develop an up-to-date and in-depth understanding of key queer theoretical developments that may touch on issues such as, for example:

• the queer child
• queerness and time
• race and intersectionality in queer politics and identity
• queer negativity and queer utopias
• trans theories and identities.

At the same time, we will consider diverse works of post-WWII American literature that offer a range of perspectives on identity, race, nation, gender and sexuality.

You will explore how to bring theoretical concepts into conversation with literary texts, and how queerness is represented and theorised in American society, literature and culture.