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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Fall 2022 |
| Registration ID | CSTSB247001 |
| Course Title | The Beast Within |
| Credit | 0.00 |
| Department | Classical Studies |
| Instructor | Lam,Erin |
| Times and Days | MW 02:40pm-04:00pm
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| Room Location | TAYB |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2500 How are humans conceptualized as different from animals, and vice versa? How have characterizations of humans as bestial been mobilized to uphold gender, class, ability, and racial hierarchies? Why were there so many depictions in antiquity of humans transforming into animals? This course will consider the above questions by interpreting ancient literary depictions of the human and the animal through the lenses of queer, gender, and critical race theory. Readings will include Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Euripides’ Hippolytus, and Vergil’s Eclogues and Georgics, as well as theoretical selections such as Mel Chen’s Animacies, Bénédicte Boisseron’s Afro-Dog, and Claire Jean Kim’s Dangerous Crossings. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); |
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