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Required Texts:
anthologies:
- Roger N. Lancaster and Micaela di Leonardo, eds. The Gender Sexuality Reader
- John C. Fout, ed., Forbidden History
monograph:
- Maria Tatar, Lustmord. Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
Additional required readings available
on reserve in the library.
Course Format and Requirements:
This seminar consists primarily of discussions of the
required readings and independent research. Students are
required to attend class and participate in seminar and
listserv discussions. The course listserv address is <Hist480mo@frontier.wpunj.edu>. Readings are due on the date listed on the
course calendar. Reading lengths can be long; one of the
course goals is to help students discern which parts of a
text require close reading and which do not. Preparation
for discussion of readings and attendance are mandatory.
Students who are unprepared will be asked to excuse
themselves for the remainder of the class meeting and
will be marked absent. Students who miss more than
three classes will automatically fail the course. There
may be 1 or more unannounced quizzes. All assignments are
due at the beginning of class on the date listed. No late
assignments will be accepted. Students who miss or fail
to submit class work because of lateness or unexcused
absence will receive zero grades on this work.
Essays:
Students are required to submit 8 of 12 weekly 500-word
(maximum) papers answering the reading questions listed below. Unless otherwise instructed,
papers are due before class on the day the related
readings will be discussed. Longer papers are not
acceptable. Students must revise and resubmit their
essays until the instructor is satisfied with their work.
Once graded, students are encouraged to post their essays
to the listserv for credit toward their participation
grades.
Analysis papers:
Students also must write a longer (8 page) paper
employing the ideas developed in course readings and
discussions to examine Lustmord, a study of sexual
murder in Western culture. An analysis of the major
arguments of this monograph should form the basis of the
paper. Additional library research is encouraged. The
papers are due on the last class meeting.
Paper format:
All papers must be typewritten, double-spaced with
one-inch margins minimum, collated, and stapled. A page
of text must contain 250 words minimum -- a paragraph
consists of at least three complete sentences. Do not
begin or end a paragraph with a quotation. Avoid passive
voice. Proofread carefully. Papers must provide
Turabian-style footnotes or endnotes and a complete
bibliography. Analysis papers may use parenthetical
references, if used correctly. All papers will be graded
on the thoroughness of their research, quality of
argumentation, use of evidence, and correctness of style
and form.
Academic Honesty:
All research and writing you submit must be your own
work. University policy explicitly forbids the use of
research consultants and also requires you to cite
scrupulously the sources of your ideas. Failure to do so
is plagiarism and will result in a zero grade for the
assignment or failure of the course. Egregious violations
may result in more severe penalties.
