Schedule


English 113MI ,"Modern Literary Theory" (Spring 2015)

 

 

Class 1 (Mar. 31) — Introduction

Class 1 Notes

 

1. The Formalist Heritage

 

Class 2 (Apr. 2) — Background: The Defense of Literature

Class 2 Notes

 

Class 3 (Apr. 7) — New Criticism (1): Major Statements

Class 3 Notes

 

Class 4 (Apr. 9) — New Criticism (2): Major Statements

Class 4 Notes

 

Class 5 (Apr. 14) — New Criticism (3): Practical Examples

Class 5 Notes

 

Class 6 (Apr. 16) — New Criticism (4): The Cultural Background

Class 6 Notes

 

Class 7 (Apr. 21) — Russian Formalism (1)

Class 7 Notes

 

Class 8 (Apr. 23) — Russian Formalism (2)

Class 8 Notes
Assignment Due   4-page paper due (see Assignments) 

 

[Apr. 28 — No Class]

 

2. From Formalism to Poststructuralism

 

Class 9 (Apr. 30) — Structuralism (1): The Language Paradigm

Class 9 Notes

 

Class 10 (May 5) — Structuralism (2): The Anthropological Paradigm

Class 10 Notes

 

Class 11 (May 7) — Structuralism into Deconstruction

Class 11 Notes

 

Class 12 (May 12) — Deconstruction (1): Derrida

Class 12 Notes

 

Class 13 (May 14) — Deconstruction (2): Derrida

Class 13 Notes

 

[May 19 — No Class]

 

Class 14 (May 21) — Deconstruction (3): Paul de Man and "The Yale School"

Class 14 Notes

 

Class 15 (May 26) — Poststructuralism and Feminist Theory

Class 15 Notes

 

 

2. After Poststructuralism

    (Focusing on Cultural Criticism)

 

Class 16 (May 28) — Foucault (1)

Class 16 Notes

 

Class 17 (June 2) — Foucault (2)

Class 17 Notes

 

Class 18 (June 4) — Cultural Anthropology & New Historicism

Class 18 Notes

 

Assignment Due   8 page paper due on June 8th (see Assignments, Examples of possible topics)