Queer Art Through The Ages


Created By

Rose M

16-18, Adult
English Literature

12 Hours

8 LESSONS

QUEER ART THROUGH THE AGES

Academic Development

Course Overview

Course Content


8 LESSONS

12 Hours Total Length

Male Same-Sex Love in Shakespeare's Sonnets

Criminalising Homosexuality and 'Camp': Oscar Wilde

Queer Bodies: Virginia Woolf's 'Orlando'

Racial Passing, Lesbian Desire, and 'Closeting': Nella Larsen's 'Passing'

What Makes a Gay Writer's Writing 'Gay': Elizabeth Bishop's Poetry

Black Masculinity and The Church: James Baldwin and Randall Kenan

AIDS and Activism: Larry Kramer, Tony Kushner and Thom Gunn

Modern Queer Cinema

KEY SKILLS

Critical Thinking

Close Analysis

Historical Connections

Interdisciplinary Analysis

Educator


Rose M
Humanities Specialist