Technologies of the Self
ENGL 250
Spring 2026
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 237, AMST 223 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
Where does the idea of an authentic self come from? The desire to represent the authentic self informs the narrative genres of the confession and memoir and visual ones of the selfie and self-portrait alike. Yet both the memoir and the selfie "self" are mediated, first, via the technologies of print and screen, and second, via the conventions of particular genres that make these legible as a memoir and selfie, as opposed to, for example, an interview or a portrait. In this course, we will examine how different technologies not only represent but produce the self. These technologies include "writing" technologies: print and digital; genre and medium (autobiography, the slave narrative, memoir, self-portraits, and selfies); and technologies of the state, which produce citizens, subjects, and humans. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (English)(Social, Cultural and Critical Theory Certificate) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home; Frederick Douglass, Narrative of The Life Of Frederick DouglassHarriet Jacobs, Incidents in The Life Of A Slave Girl Amitava Kumar, Passport Photo; Jordy Rosenberg, Confessions Of A Fox; Renee Green, Camino Road
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Examinations and Assignments:
6 Blog posts, two 2-3 single-spaced papers, one 5pp (single-spaced) combined critical and creative paper, final revision paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: American Literature, Literary History 2, Theory, elective. |
| Instructor(s): Bilbija,Marina Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 19 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
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