Literary Theory: "Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory"
Jean-Michel Rabaté profile
TR 12-1:30
This course will provide an exposure to the main discourses and practices of theory understood both as literary and cultural theory. We will start with early formulations of the problem of interpretation with Plato and then move on to contemporary approaches. We will study systematically the main tenets and concepts of as Formalism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Marxism, Feminism and Deconstruction. We will engage with Post-colonial studies, Cultural Studies and Queer Theory. We will use the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (2001) as a comprehensive compilation, supplemented by a few handouts. Requirements: One oral report, two short papers (10 pages) and one research paper (15 pages). No final exam.
updated 2006-10-17
