PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1104
Gender and Crime: The Case of the Female Detective
Somesaycrime’saman’sworld,butfemaledetectiveslikeLisbethSalander,ClariceStarlingandMiss
Marplecanbefoundsolvingcrimesandbustingbadguysacrossmedia.DrawingfromTV,film,fictionandtheatre
acrossarangeofculturalmoments,thiscourseexploresthewaysinwhichthefemaledetectiveimpactsthe
conventionsofthecrimenarrativeinwhichshefunctions.Textsinclude How To Get Away With Murder,
Veronica Mars,Silence of the Lambs,andJenniferHealey’svirtualrealitycrimedramaThe Nether.Studentswill
developstrategiesforattentivereadingandthoughtfulwriting.Assignmentsincludereviews,positionpapers,
pitchesandanalyticalresponses,andwillfocusoncriticalthinking,preparation,clearprose,argumentstructure,
andwell-supportedclaims.
SEM101 MW11:40–12:55p.m. AoiseStratford 20685
PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1119
Utopias
Imagineaworldwithnowar,violence,orinjustice.Forcenturies,storytellershaveenvisionedsuchutopias.
Thiscourseexaminesthepowerfulallureperfectedtomorrowlandsexert,especiallyovertrans,queer,feminist,
disabled,andBIPOCimaginaries.Consideringraceandethnicity,theenvironment,classdivides,formsofgender
andsexuality,disability,andtheroleoftechnology,wewilltransporttovariousutopiasappearinginspeculative
fictiontexts,including:Brave New World;I, Robot;The Giver;Never Let Me Go;Black Mirror;Buffy the Vampire
Slayer;andUtopia Falls.Asweexplore,wewilldevelopautopiancriticalvocabulary.Supplementedby
theoreticaltexts,studentswillengageincriticalandcreativewritingformatsincludingresearchessays,stylistic
imitations,andaprojectimaginativelyrepresentingautopiaoftheirowndesign.
SEM101 MW08:40–09:55a.m. JoshuaCole 20499
Duetotheoverlapinmaterial,youwillnotreceivecreditforthisclassifyouhavepreviouslytakenFGSS1119
(Fa21)
PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1160
Wonderlands and Other Worlds
Fantasticplacesoftencutintorealitywitha“subtleknife”orfolditviatesseract.Transportedtotimeless
noplacesmasqueradingaswhimsicalflightsoffancy,likeNeverlandorOz,weenterawardrobeintodark,
melancholy,eveneerieimaginarylands.Wejourneyalongsidechildrentouchedbytrauma,andtogetherwe
navigatethemosttreacherousadventures:recoveryandmaturity.Throughdifferentwritingassignmentswewill
crossthesethinborderlandsintoLyra’sOxford,Martin’sFillory,Percy’sCamp Half-Blood,Bastian’sFantasia,
Eve’sBayou,orMiranda’sHanging Rock,andusingcriticalstrategies,explorethem.Withanemphasisoncinema
andtelevisionadaptations(whicharethemselvesfamiliarworldstransformed),andwithparticularfociondiverse
identities,wewillpracticecriticalstrategiestocloselyanalyzeandarticulateinwritingevidence-basedarguments.
SEM101 TR08:40–09:55a.m. JoshuaCole 20496
PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1161
Food and the Media
Oursisafood-obsessedculture.Whetherwefocusondietandhealth,orbinge-watchcompetitivecooking
shows,orexplorecuisineinrelationtoregional,racial,orethnicidentity,manyofuseither“eattolive”or“liveto
eat.”Televisionproducers,investigativejournalists,bloggers,andculturalcriticsfeedourobsession,generatinga
burgeoningbodyoffood-relatedproseandprogrammingbothinformativeandentertaining.Throughreadingsfrom
GourmetandEating Wellmagazines,screeningsofBeat Bobby FlayandThe Great British Baking Show,and
airingsofSaminNosrat’sHome Cooking,amongothers,wewillexaminetogetherhowfoodsuffusesourmedia
andconstitutesourFoodNation.Assignmentswillincludefoodmemoirs,foodhistories,foodpodcasts,food
criticism,andfoodreporting.
SEM101 TR11:40–12:55p.m. EllenGainor 20179