ENGL 5050: Topics in English: Sexual Violence on Film
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Special topics not included in other courses. Section information text: In order to respond effectively and meaningfully to sexual violence, we must critically examine our assumptions about, perspectives on, and understandings of sexual violence. And, even more importantly, what has shaped them. Mainstream media has had a profound effect on how we think about the nature, experience, motivations, and aftermath of sexual violence as well as its relation to race, gender, class, sexual identity, trauma, and social organization generally. In this course, we will engage a number of films that place representations of sexual violence at their narrative heart to think carefully about how we think about sexual violence. Films to be viewed and discussed may include Birth of a Nation, Last Year at Marienbad, Act of Vengeance, The Accused, I Spit on Your Grave, Descent, Deliverance, Straw Dogs, Irreversible, Hard Candy, Teeth and Promising Young Woman.
Average GPA: 3.84
Grade distribution records: 206 students across 23 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 166 | 80.6% |
| B | 25 | 12.1% |
| C | 3 | 1.5% |
| W | 11 | 5.3% |
Based on 206 student grade records across 23 terms and 39 professors.
Instructors
- Julianna Avila 32 students, Average GPA 3.94
- Gregory Wickliff 22 students, Average GPA 3.84
- Elizabeth Gargano 17 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Jeffrey Leak 8 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Juan Meneses Naranjo 8 students, Average GPA 3.17
- Kent Brintnall 8 students, Average GPA 3.63
- Balaka Basu 7 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Boyd Davis 7 students, Average GPA 3.71
- Lara Vetter 7 students, Average GPA 3.50
- Matthew Osborn 7 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Kathleen Hogan 6 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Jennifer Munroe 5 students, Average GPA 3.60
- Kirk Melnikoff 5 students, Average GPA 3.80
- Lilian Brannon 5 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Andrew Hartley 4 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Bryn Chancellor 4 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Heather Vorhies 4 students, Average GPA 3.50
- Karon Luddy 4 students, Average GPA 3.75
- Maya Socolovsky 4 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Meghan Barnes 4 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Michelle Cahill 4 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Micah Nathan 3 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Paula Connolly 3 students, Average GPA 3.67
- Robert Hall 3 students, Average GPA 3.67
- Siobhan Campbell 3 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Aaron Toscano 2 students, Average GPA 3.50
- D. Davis 2 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Elizabeth Miller 2 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Gordon Hull 2 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Howard Cunnell 2 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Sarah Minslow 2 students, Average GPA 3.50
- Trevor Pearce 2 students, Average GPA 3.50
- Aaron Gwyn 1 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Alan Rauch 1 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Cyril Knoblauch 1 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Daniel Boisvert 1 students, Average GPA 4.00
- Emek Ergun 1 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Katherine Stephenson 1 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Wilfredo Flores 1 students, Average GPA 4.00