To explore queer temporalities, this assignment asks students to visit the Cloisters Museum, to read Wilde’s De profundis, and to creatively connect these experiences through a writing assignment.
Prompt:
-Visit the Cloisters Museum in northern Manhattan. -Read Oscar Wilde's De profundis. -Write a 2 pg. reflection on your visit to the museum. Craft your reflection as a letter to someone who has slighted you, and in your letter analyze one artifact from the Cloisters.