ENGL2321 - 01 - Love and Gender in Film and Literature

(LI) Literary Inquiry

This course focuses on representations of gender as they relate to love relationships in British literary texts and a variety of films. The course provides an introduction to gender theory as it applies to literary and media studies, with a heavy emphasis on pre-1700 British literature. Readings may include the sonnet sequences of Lady Mary Wroth and Sir Philip Sidney, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Virginia Wolf's Orlando, Jeanette Winterson's The Powerbook, and Jenni Fagan's The Sunlight Pilgrims. Films may include Il Postino (Radford 1994), Soldier's Girl (Pierson 2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry 2004), Bridget Jones's Diary (Maguire 2001), Her (Jonze 2013), Orlando (Potter 2011), and Juliet Naked (Peretz 2018)