Unless otherwise noted, selections are from The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. The page numbers in regular type are from the first edition, the ones in bold are from the second edition.
September 13
From Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism:
Introduction to Theory and Criticism (1-28, 1-33)
Plato, from Republic, Book VII (64-68, 60-64)
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Shklovsky, “Art as Technique” (1917) (handout)
Poetry (handout)
September 20
Essay #1 due
Catherine Belsey, Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (1-47)
Barthes, Introduction, from Mythologies, and “The Death of the Author” (1457-75, 1316-26)
Kolodny, “Dancing Through the Minefield” (2143-65, 2045-66)
Ohmann, “The Shaping of a Canon” (1877-94, 1761-78)
Freud, from The Interpretation of Dreams (919-29, 807-824)
Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-Paper” (on-line text)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/title/lists/newe_V11I5.html
Scroll down to “The Yellow Wall-Paper. Click on “view page images.”
September 27
Catherine Belsey, Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (48-68)
Freud, from “The ‘Uncanny’” (929-52, 824-41)
Lacan, “The Mirror Stage” (1278-90, 1156-69)
Cixous, “The Laugh of the Medusa” (2035-56, 1938-59)
Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-Paper”; Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Screening: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer. “Angel.” Perf. Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, Julie Benz. Original airdate 14 April 1997. DVD. Twentieth Century Fox. 2002.
October 4
Karen Coats, Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Lacan, Desire, and Subjectivity in Children’s Literature
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
October 11 Fall Break
October 18
Zizek, from Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan Through Popular Culture, “From Reality to the Real” (3-20) and “Two Ways of Avoiding the Real of Desire” (48-66)
Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (2179-92, 2081-95)
Berlant and Warner, “Sex in Public” (2597-2615)
Doyle, “The Adventure of Black Peter” (Online text: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DoyBlac.html)
Kij Johnson, “Spur” (Online text via Clarkesworld Magazine: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_10_09/
Screening: Millennium. Pilot. Created by Chris Carter. Perf. Lance Henrikson, Brittany Tiplady, Megan Gallaghar, Bill Smitrovich. Original airdate 25 October 1996. DVD. Twentieth Century Fox. 2004.
October 25
Catherine Belsey, Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction (69-107)
Althusser, from Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, “Ideology Interpellates Individuals as Subjects” (1476-79, 1502-8)
Bordo, from Unbearable Weight (2360-76, 2237-2254)
Sedgwick, from Between Men (2432-38, 2464-2470)
Benshoff, from Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (handout)
Selections from Hall, Queer Theories (handout)
Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-Paper” (on-line text)
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Screening: Star Trek: “Amok Time.” Perf. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Celia Lovsky. Original airdate 15 September 15 1967. DVD. Paramount. 1991.
November 1
Thomson, from Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature (5-80)
Screening: The X-Files. “Home.” Perf. David Duchovney, Gillian Anderson, Karin Konoval, Tucker Smallwood. Original airdate 11 October 1996. DVD.
November 8
Thomson, from Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature (81-137)
Screening: The X-Files. “Humbug.” Perf. David Duchovney, Gillian Anderson, Jim Rose, Wayne Grace, Vincent Schiavelli. Original airdate 31 March 1995. DVD.
November 15
Bibliography and Abstract Due
Zizek, from Looking Awry: “The Real and its Vicissitudes” (21-47) and “How the Non-duped Err” (69-87)
Screening: Breaking Bad. Pilot. Dir. Vince Gilligan. Perf. Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, RJ Mitte. 20 Jan. 2008. Sony Pictures. DVD.
November 22
From Zizek, Looking Awry (88-140)
Outside viewing (available on reserve): Psycho. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. 1960. DVD.
Nov 29-Dec 10: Presentations on Final Projects (location TBA)
Please note that presentations will be open to the public and that some presentations may take place during the Common Ground Time.
Final Paper Due December 14
