ENGL3352: Weird Books by Women and Gender-variant Writers

Literature by women and writers outside the gender binary have historically expressed many varieties of weirdness and non-normativity. In this weird books class, you will read historical and contemporary texts that can all be described loosely as creating discomfort for readers through literary effect, reversal of expectation, odd juxtaposition and other literary devices. “Weird,” in this class and context, is never a pejorative adjective. While experimental texts and non-linear narratives are the most manageable if puzzling examples of these weirdnesses, you will also explore texts that unsettle the reader through the feelings they evoke and the wonderfully strange imaginings they explore.

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