Schedule

Class One: Introduction to the Course

  • We will review Syllabus in class
  • Sign up for course website

Class Two: Queer Young Adult Literature History and Overview

Class Three: The Impact of QYA Literature

 

Class Four: Dance on My Grave Part 1

  • Dance on My Grave pages 1-66 (all of part 1)
  • http://www.gayinthe80s.com Spend some time exploring the different posts on the site

Class Five: Dance on My Grave Part 2

  • Dance on My Grave 67-132 (through part 29)
  • https://pankmagazine.com/2012/10/24/books-we-cant-quit-dance-on-my-grave-by-aidan-chambers-a-review-by-katherine-d-stutzman/

Class Six: Dance on My Grave Part 3

  • Dance on My Grave 133-194 (through part 18)
  • https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/did-the-culture-of-the-80s-keep-me-in-thecloset_us_58dad32ce4b0487a198a54fb

Class Seven: Dance on My Grave Part 4

 

Class Eight: Every Day Part 1

  • Every Day pages 1-82 (through day 6000)
  • https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-agender

Class Nine: Every Day Part 2

  • Every Day pages 83-164 (through day 6007)
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/judge-grants-oregon-resident-right-be-genderless-n736971

Class Ten: Every Day Part 3

  • Every Day pages 165-241 (through day 6021)
  • http://time.com/5026092/mostly-straight-sexual-identity-bisexual-gay/

Class Eleven: Every Day Part 4

  • Every Day Pages 242-end
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-science-helps-us-understand-gender-identity/

Class Twelve: Every Day Film

 

Class Thirteen: Alex as Well Part 1

Class Fourteen: Alex as Well Part 2

  • SHORT PAPER DUE
  • Alex as Well 60-107 (through chapter 22)
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/02/male-and-female-what-is-it-like-to-be-intersex

Class Fifteen: Alex as Well Part 3

Class Sixteen: Alex as Well Part 4

Class Seventeen: Parrotfish Part 1

  • Parrotfish pages 1-73 (through chapter 6)
  • http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/gender-lines-science-transgender-identity/

Class Eighteen: Parrotfish Part 2

Class Nineteen Parrotfish Part 3

  • Parrotfish 156-215 (through chapter 17)
  • https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/10/transgender-stories-people-think-we-wake-up-and-decide-to-be-trans

Class Twenty Parrotfish Part 4

  • Parrotfish 216-282
  • https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/06/09/excerpt-there-no-one-single-transgender-narrative

 

Class Twenty-one: Final Project Preperation

  • No reading: bring in an outline or early draft of your final project

 

Class Twenty-two: Kaleidoscope Song Part 1

  • Kaleidoscope Song pages 1-66
  • http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/South-Africa-history.htm

Class Twenty-three: Kaleidoscope Song Part 2

Class Twenty-four: Kaleidoscope Song Part 3

Class Twenty-five: Kaleidoscope Song Part 4

Class Twenty-six: Kaleidoscope Song Part 5

Class Twenty-seven: Kaleidoscope Song Part 6

Class Twenty-eight: Presentations

  • Final Project Presentatons

Class Twenty-nine: Presentations

  • Final Project Presentatons

Class Thirty: Presentations

  • FINAL PAPER DUE
  • Final Project Presentations