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November 08, 2005
Critically examining narratives and representation
from Kelly Concannon
This assignment intends to work with students on issues surrounding representation and reality, through a critical analysis of the workings of power. Students are asked to work in small groups with their peers discussing the dominant narratives which consistently occur in our text, Mirrors and Windows. At this point in the semester, students are aware of the workings of masculinity and femininity and its relationship to the American Dream. Thus, students do consistent work critiquing notions of the family, and the particular roles that appropriate bodies are to assume within these paradigms. Specifically, students are asked to pay particular attention to overarching questions which deal mainly with the ways that borders are strictly placed around identities in terms of sexuality and gender. They must distinguish what remains (hetero) normative throughout the text, and what remains excluded, silenced, marginalized, or unintelligible.
Posted by gr at November 8, 2005 11:14 AM