112年第2學期-5089 酷兒電影 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Journal/ Response Papers	20
Film Review	25
Presentations on Applied theoretical/Critical Concept	15
Presentation on Final Research Paper	10
Final Research Paper	30

教育目標

1. Gain an understanding of how queerness has been represented in film throughout history and how queer spectatorship functions in regard to cinema. 2. Gain a strong working knowledge of queer literary theory and be able to apply it to various chosen film texts. 3. Students will give evidence of having mastered the theoretical and critical concepts that they choose to apply in their research projects, by demonstrating the appropriate application of such concepts and practices in their critical analysis and interpretation of queer film history and queer theory. They will demonstrate this evidence in research papers, response papers, in presentations, and in daily classroom discussions and in-class work.

課程概述

The recent uptick in politically inspired fearmongering and the villainization of the queer community in the United States has once again highlighted the importance of/for queer visibility, activism, and understanding. As Benshoff and Griffin stated in Queer Images, “It is within the sphere of popular culture that many people … learn what they know about sex and sexuality.” The movies in particular pose important questions about “desire, identification, fantasy, representation, spectatorship, cultural appropriation, performativity, and mass consumption” and thus teaches us “what it means to be heroic or villainous, masculine or feminine, homosexual or heterosexual.” This seminar aims to combine the study of queer representation throughout film history with a thorough understanding of past and present-day queer theory. The first half of the semester will follow queer representation both in front of and behind the camera from the beginnings of film to the present day. Then in the second half of the semester the seminar will focus on the major movements/ideas in queer theory and how they can be applied to various film texts.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：0-3
上課時間：二/6,7,8[LAN212-2]
修課班級：外文碩1,2
修課年級：1年級以上
選課備註：英美文學組LAN212-2

參考書目

Benshoff, Harry M. Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film. Manchester UP, 1997.
Benshoff, Harry M and Sean Griffin. Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America. Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.
Bradbury-Rance, Clara. Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory. Edinburgh UP, 2019.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Gender. Routledge, 1990.
Farmer, Brett. Spectacular Passions: Cinema, Fantasy, Gay Male Spectatorship. Duke UP, 2000.
Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality: Volume 1. Translated by Robert Hurley, Penguin History, 1976.
Johnson E. Patrick and Mae G. Henderson, editors. Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology. Duke UP, 2005.
McCann, Hannah and Whitney Monaghan. Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures. Red Globe Press, 2020.
Miller, Lucy J. Distancing Representations in Transgender Film: Identification, Affect, and the Audience. State U of New York P, 2023.
Rich, B. Ruby. New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut. Duke UP, 2013.
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire. Columbia UP, 2015.
—. Epistemology of the Closet. U of California P, 1990.
Vallese, Joe, editor. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. The Feminist Press, 2022.