Syllabi: Perspectives of Romance and Sexuality in Literature

INSTITUTION: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

PRESENTER: Thomas Dukes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English Department, The University of Akron

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Martin Kohn, Ph.D., Director of the Human Values in Medicine Program (email: mfk@neoucom.EDU)

ENROLLMENT: BS/MD; selective; limit: 15

SEMESTER: Spring 2000
April 18, 22, 25, 27, May 2, 4, 9, 11 (Tuesday/Thursday afternoons 1:00 - 5:00p.m.)

LEARNING GOALS: To consider different representations of sexuality in texts and thus, in the culture of modern America and England

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Lecture and class discussion

OUTLINE:

Week 1 (April 18 & 20)

Film excerpts:
Beautiful Thing
Torch Song Trilogy
Romeo and Juliet

Films:
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Lady Eve

Week 2 (April 25 & 27)

Films:
Cabaret
Love, Valor, Compassion
Tidy Endings

Film excerpts:
The Truth About Cats and Dogs

Week 3 (May 2 & 4)

Film excerpts:
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Film:
The Full Monty
Bus Stop

Week 4 (May 9 & 11)

Films:
High Art
Witness

REQUIREMENTS: In-class discussion; brief readings in class

READING LIST: To be provided (short poems read in class and two short stories)