Topics and pre-requisites vary. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Topic for Fall 2020: Gender and Sexuality in the Neo-slave Narrative. Examines how neo-slave narratives intervene in the sexual and gendered silences of slave narratives and the power relations that produced them. Students who are hesitant to study depictions of sexual violence might consider taking another course. (Prerequisite: two previous literature courses or junior or senior standing.)