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FIST264
Reading Contexts, Interpretation, Transmission and
FIST264 FA
Crosslistings: CHUM264
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 FA
Appropriation: the Story of a Travelling Text.
A theory-oriented course on the multiple questions that can
be brought to bear on the process of reading and
interpretation: how do historical and cultural forces
interact in the formation of reading contexts? What is the
relationship between text, context and interpretation? How
do discourse and power intersect in the controversial
history of the canonization of a text? What role is played
by a classic in the formation of a nation's cultural myths
and sense of identity? These are some of the questions
which will be considered as we observe the case of a
particular text in the Latin American canon: Domingo F.
Sarmiento's 1845 FACUNDO and the history of the ways in
which it has been read.
MAJOR READINGS
Sarmiento, FACUNDO (LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE
REPUBLIC IN THE DAYS OF THE TYRANTS). Selections from
various "readings" of this text as they appeared in
newspapers of the time, reviews and books. Representative
selections from the writings of Edward Said, John Brenkman,
Peter Hohendahl, Robert Weimann, Hans-Robert Jauss, Fredric
Jameson, Peter Rabinowitz, Richard Ohmann, Jurgen Habermas,
Walter Benjamin, Hayden White, and Michel Foucault.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two papers, oral
presentations, one take-home exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
in English
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Domingo Sarmiento, author of FACUNDO
Reference:
Grummon, Stuart. A SARMIENTO ANTHOLOGY, New
Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1948
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