AJL16171 Introduction to LGBTQ+ History and Culture

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2026
Rozsah
0/2/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Předpoklady
AJL01002 Anglický jazyk II || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II
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Anotace
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the development, history, and culture of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer culture in the English-speaking world in the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to explorations of theories of gender and sexuality, the seminars will primarily focus on North America, the readings and compulsory films will provide a broader perspective from Western cultures.
Výstupy z učení
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to discuss the writing of others with sensitivity and appreciation; have an understanding of Gay Studies and Queer Theory, particularly in an Anglo-American context; and be familiar with the key events, themes, and figures involved in those contexts from roughly 1850 to the present.
Klíčová témata
  • Week 1: Introduction
  • Week 2: Read Introduction and Chapter 1, “Before Identity,” from Finding Out
  • Week 3: Read Chapter 2, “Sexologies,” from Finding Out; Watch Christopher and His Kind (2011), directed by Geoffrey Sax
  • Week 4: Read Chapter 3, “Toward Liberation,” from Finding Out; Watch Carol (2015), directed by Todd Hayne
  • Week 5: Read Chapter 4, “Queer Normalization and Beyond,” from Finding Out; Watch American Experience: Stonewall Uprising (2011), directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
  • Week 6: Read Chapter 5, “Nature, Nurture, and Identity,” from Finding Out; Watch Gay Sex in the 70s (2005), directed by Joseph Lovett
  • Week 7: Read Chapter 6, “Queer Diversities,” from Finding Out; Watch The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), directed by Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen
  • Week 8:READING WEEK; Read Chapter 8, “Queer Literatures,” from Finding Out; We will be attending the Mezipatra Film Festive during this week
  • Week 9: Read Chapter 7, “Intersectionalities,” from Finding Out; Watch Tongues Untied (1989), directed by Marlon Riggs, and Paris is Burning (1990), directed by Jennie Livingston
  • Week 10: Read Chapter 9, “Visual and Performing Arts,” from Finding Out; Watch Nanette (2018) by Hannah Gadsby
  • Week 11: Read Chapter 10, “Film and Television,” from Finding Out; Watch The Normal Heart (2014), directed by Ryan Murphy
  • Week 12: Read Chapter 11, “Queers and the Internet,” from Finding Out; Watch We Were Here (2011), directed by David Weissman
  • Week 13: Read Chapter 12, “Queer Cultures,” from Finding Out; Watch the BBC documentary Out There (2013) by Stephen Fry
Studijní zdroje a literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Judith Butler, “Imitation and Gender Subordination”. In Diana Fuss, Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories (New York: Routledge, 1991), pp. 13-31.
  • ALEXANDER, Jonathan; Deborah T. MEEM a Michelle A. GIBSON. Finding out : an introduction to LGBTQ studies. Third edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xxxv, 426. ISBN 9781506337401. info
    doporučená literatura
  • ALEXANDER, Jonathan; Deborah T. MEEM a Michelle A. GIBSON. Finding out : an introduction to LGBTQ studies. Third edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xxxv, 426. ISBN 9781506337401. info
  • David Eisenbach, Gay Power: An American Revolution . (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006)
  • Francis King (1923-), An Air That Kills (Kansas City, MO: Valancourt Books, 2008 [1948])
  • Mary Renault (1905-1983), The Charioteer (New York: Pocket Books, 1967)
  • Wendy Peters, “Queer identities: Rupturing identity categories and negotiating meanings of queer”. In Canadian Woman Studies / les cahiers de la femme, 24 (2/3): 102-107.
  • Randy Shilts (1951-1994), And The Band Played On. Politics, People and The AIDS Empidemic (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990)
  • Rictor Norton (1945-), The Myth of the Modern Homosexual. Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity (London: Cassell, 1997)
  • David M. Halperin (1952-), One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love (New York: Routledge, 1990)
  • Sharon Marcus, “Queer Theory for Everyone: A Review Essay”. In Signs, Autumn 2005, 31(1): 191-218.
  • Richard Canning (editor), Vital Signs: Essential AIDS Fiction (New York: Caroll & Graf Publishers, 2007)
  • Allan Berubé (1946-2007), Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two (New York: The Free Press, 1990)
  • Paul Monette (1945-1995), Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992)
  • Edmund White (1940-), A Boy’s Own Story (London: Pan Books, 1983)
  • Alan Hollinghurst (1954-), The Folding Star (London: Vintage, 1995)
Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce
One 100-minute seminar per week. Attendance at the Mezipatra Queer Film Festival.
Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení
Assessment will be based on the following items: (1) An in-class credit test given during the exam period. This exam will cover all the readings as well as material presented in the seminar. The test will account for 75% of the final mark. [The prerequisite for taking the exam is handing in a film review--see the highlighted note below.] (2) The compulsory Mezipatra element will account for 15% of the final mark, with review making up 10.5% and the quiz on the documentary Celluloid Closet 4.5% of the final mark (2) Seminar participation and attendance will account for 10% of the final mark. Class participation means speaking in class.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Odkaz a informace vyučujících
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/24-25/course/view.php?id=304
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