CLSL W4900 - Seminar In Theory:the Ineffable

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

A consideration of the ways that critics might attempt to address the untranslatable, the indescribable, and the unspeakable. Possible solutions range from the theories of the sublime to critical performance or process, to psychoanalysis and phenomenologies of reading. Works by Adorno, Longinus, Philostratus the Elder, Kant, Walter Pater, Roman Jakobson, Bakhtin, Maurice Blanchot, and others. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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