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RUSS270
Introduction to 20th Century Literary Theory
RUSS270 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 34 | 0 | Times: .T.T... 1:10PM-2:30PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course will cover 20th-century literary theory as
represented by the following schools and theoreticians:
Russian Formalism; Jakobson; Czech Structuralism; Lotman;
Ingarden; Gadamer (in the context of 20th century
hermeneutics); Jauss and later developments in reader
response criticism (Iser and Fish); Barthes as a
poststructuralist; Derrida and De Man; Foucault and his
followers (Greenblatt and Said); Freud and later
developments in psychoanalytic criticism; Bakhtin; Sartre
and Jameson as representatives of Marxist criticism;
feminist criticism. All course materials will be read in
English.
MAJOR READINGS
Viktor Shklovsky, "Art as Technique"
Boris Eikhenbaum, "How Gogol's 'THE OVERCOAT' is Made"
Jan Mukarovsky, "Aesthetic Function, Norm and Value as
Social Facts," "Art as Semiotic Fact," "Structuralism in
Aesthetics"
Roland Barthes, "An Introduction to the Structural Analysis
of Narrative"
Jacques Derrida, "Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse
of the Human Sciences"
Paul de Man, "Semiology and Rhetoric"
Wolfgang Iser, "The Role of Reader in Fielding's Joseph
Andrews"
E.D. Hirsch, VALIDITY IN INTERPRETATION
Michel Foucault, "What is an Author," "Nietzsche, Genealogy,
History"
Edward W. Said, "The World, the Text, the Critic"
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three short papers and a
final examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RUSS
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Staff
- Times: .T.T... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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