Literature 2165 - Literary Theory

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Bard College

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An intensive introduction to recent theories of literature and culture, set against the background of questions about identity and difference in the Western tradition.What links the recurrent theoretical preoccupation with language to questions about the ethicopolitical stakes of literature? Students examine a range of answers to the questions of how meaning is produced or ascribed, why it happens, and who or what decides on it. Attention is also paid to emerging debates about democracy, publicity, justice, and global cultural exchanges. Readings include Saussure, Jakobson, Barthes, Austin, Derrida, de Man, Lacan, Irigaray, Cixous, Butler, Haraway, Ronell, Spivak, Foucault, ?Zi?zek, Virilio, Benjamin, Heidegger,Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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