COLT 2520F - Theories of the Lyric

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Brown University

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Through readings of recent critical discussions of the lyric genre, we will explore more general methodological problems of literary theory. Questions to be raised include: the role of form, structure and tropes in analyzing poetry; problems of subjectivity and voice; the relation between poetry, history and politics; the function of reading; and the problematic "objectivity" of criticism. Readings from Jakobson, Benveniste, Jauss, Johnson, De Man, Lacoue-Labarthe, Agamben and Badiou. Focus on poets Baudelaire, Shelley, Yeats, Höderlin, Celan.

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1.00

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www.brown.edu

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(401) 863-1000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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