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Class number:
3034
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Title: Writing Bodies |
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Department: Language and Culture Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 6 |
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Available seats: 9 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
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End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, HL - 123 |
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Instructor(s): Hubert, Rosario |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
This interdisciplinary seminar explores the body as a site of inscription and a medium of expression, engaging choreography as a mode of writing that moves across languages, cultures, and disciplines. We will focus on Latin America as a dynamic locus where literature, performance, and theory intersect to interrogate how bodies articulate histories of colonialism, resistance, and migration. In the study of works of writers who dance, and dancers who write—ranging from experimental poetry and narrative to contemporary dance, theater, and performance art—we will examine how movement generates meaning and how writing itself may be thought of as a form of corporeal practice. Students will engage with theoretical and creative works, experiment with interdisciplinary methodologies, and reflect on how embodied practices reshape the borders between literature, performance, and cultural critique. Works studied include those of Severo Sarduy, José Limón, Alma Guillermoprieto, Alicia Alonso, and Florencia Werchowsky.
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