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The Monk by Matthew Lewis / Class Discussion Notes 2-23-21, Link Title -…
The Monk
by Matthew Lewis / Class Discussion Notes 2-23-21
How do we think about the relationship between horror and sexuality?
it's hella hetero
the queerness is often framed as the killer/the threat
IN terms of 2021, how do we talk about gender and sex? What is the difference?
sex: biologically framed? Often framed as binary, but certainly we have intersex folks; historically framed by "organs" or assignment at birth; has the veneer of being "stable" or binary, but isn't with biological development
gender "identity"?; ways we make a gendered sense of self? Super broad and very flexible; socially constituted and performed
sometimes they correspond (cisgender), and they don't (transgender identity)
From the Monk: "he in a faltering accents, I am a woman" (79). Androgyny, questions of identificationa nd pleasure
Rosario personality on 210: Matilda is "commanding" which is a turn off, but "He regretted Rosario, the fond, the gentle, and submissive" (210)
How do we talk about sexual idenitity/orientation?
Ambrosio is not comfortable seeinf a woman as equal (210)
What's lost/gained in asking readers to think about attraction as not about bodies, but about passivity/domination/being admired?
for today, we have labels and categories; it is about finding a thing to self-make; what's lost/gained in thinking about (equitable/consensual) desire outside of these frameworks?
History of the novel (like wtf is a novel)?
Diversity and horror: who counts and who doesn't?
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Killing racial minorities first; long history for racist discrimination (Lewis inherited plantations in Jamaica)
damsel in distress tropes, girls getting themselves into danger.
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