Sexuality in Literature: From Giovanni's Room to Fun Home

Harvard FAS

What is the relationship between literature, social change, and sexual identity?In this course, we’ll learn how sexual identity and desire are understood and represented in different social and historical circumstances, We’ll move beyond the binary of identifying images as “positive” or “negative,” paying attention to how depictions, definitions, and understandings of sexuality are shaped by specific historical moments, as well as the aesthetic traditions and personal experiences shaping…