ENGL 109
Topics in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Queer Autobiography
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Consult Schedule of Classes for author, period, genre, or subject to be studied in specific term. Depending on instructor, emphasis may be historical, regional, national, comparative, or thematic. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2020 - I'm not usually the type to write reviews, but my experience in this class was so profoundly negative, I figured I'd warn others not to take it. Firstly, Prof. Looby assigns pretty lengthy readings each week, which would be okay if not for the weekly quizzes. These quizzes ask unusually particular, detailed questions that are normally unrelated to major themes/plot/etc., such as the "type of candy Walt Whitman liked to eat" kind of questions. In class, he does powerpoint slides of block quotes from the texts. There's very little analysis, zero discussion, and everyone (and I mean everyone) is on their laptop shopping or looking at social media. What I found uniquely frustrating about this class, however, is Prof Looby's assigned readings. Nearly each week the reading included graphic physical, mental, and/or sexual abuse. While Prof. Looby does provide "previews" of the information that will be covered in the next class, he does not provide any content warnings. Some of the readings also included detailed portrayals of pedophilia and bestiality. I might add, none of these were explicitly condemned or noted as inappropriate. Finally, Prof. Looby is an unusually hard grader. Not to mention our class didn't receive our midterm essay grade until week 10. If you're considering this class, please don't.
Winter 2020 - I'm not usually the type to write reviews, but my experience in this class was so profoundly negative, I figured I'd warn others not to take it. Firstly, Prof. Looby assigns pretty lengthy readings each week, which would be okay if not for the weekly quizzes. These quizzes ask unusually particular, detailed questions that are normally unrelated to major themes/plot/etc., such as the "type of candy Walt Whitman liked to eat" kind of questions. In class, he does powerpoint slides of block quotes from the texts. There's very little analysis, zero discussion, and everyone (and I mean everyone) is on their laptop shopping or looking at social media. What I found uniquely frustrating about this class, however, is Prof Looby's assigned readings. Nearly each week the reading included graphic physical, mental, and/or sexual abuse. While Prof. Looby does provide "previews" of the information that will be covered in the next class, he does not provide any content warnings. Some of the readings also included detailed portrayals of pedophilia and bestiality. I might add, none of these were explicitly condemned or noted as inappropriate. Finally, Prof. Looby is an unusually hard grader. Not to mention our class didn't receive our midterm essay grade until week 10. If you're considering this class, please don't.
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