Author: osullivan2014

• Books

  WEAKNESS https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weakness-a-literary-and-philosophical-history-9781441162991/

  June 19, 2023

• UK University Strikes

  https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/24/more-than-70000-uk-university-staff-go-on-strike-over-pay-and-pensions

  November 29, 2022

• Today’s class: Class test and recap on transgender writing

  Dear students, today we have the class test. We will also do a brief recap on transgender writing. Please also buy a copy of Elfriede Jelinek’s book The Piano Teacher and we will begin reading this.

  November 24, 2014

• Readings for this week: Judith Butler on Performaitivity and the short stories of Mansfield, Porter, and Hemingway

  Dear students, This week we will read Judith Butler on Performativity and the short stories of Mansfield, Porter, and Hemingway. Prof. O’Sullivan

  October 27, 2014

• Today’s class postponed due to Typhoon Signal 8 still being in force at 7am

  Dear students, It seems our discussion of courtly love poetry and Freud has been struck down for this week by the majesty of typhoon Kalmaegi. Kalmaegi, like a star-crossed lover, has reaped havoc to class schedules all across the land. Therefore our discussion of courtly love will have to wait one week. However, since I…

  September 15, 2014

• course outline

  The course outline is here:   Course Outline

  August 25, 2014

• Gender and Literature Blog

  We will leave comments and thoughts here based on the texts we have read throughout the term

  August 18, 2014