Literary and cultural theory (2018)
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(2018) Welcome to this intensive course! Any members who wish can gain 2 credits. Auditors are also welcome. For the sessions each week, please take note of the required preparation and the resources. YOUR own questions and comments on the readings are going to be a vital feature of the sessions. You are encouraged to place your questions and comments on this platform, for the sessions, so that your fellow members can see and benefit from them. This should happen by TUESDAY in each course week.
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Here you will find the topic of the essay, for credit (2 credits), and relevant instructions.
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Here is a PPTX presentation to accompany and structure our course
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For the theory course, here is an introductory statement indicating the time sequence
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, you may enter them here. Please add your name in each case.
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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For anyone interested in trauma theory, beyond the psychoanalytic grounding: you might consult the chapter on "Theorizing Trauma" in Fu Lin's Trauma in Chinese North American Literature, as uploaded here
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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An instance of the analysis of non-literary and personal narratives
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YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously.
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For pp. 1-16: YOUR comments and questions are welcome, same instructions as previously. Optional extensions: pp.
53-60, 87-107. The book should be available to you online.
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As a significant extension of the textbook coverage, this is an introductory exposition of Posthumanism (critical perspective)
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YOUR comments and questions on this short novel are welcome, same instructions as previously. Please try to consider the novel in light of any of the theories which you know by now. Do you find any of these relevant?
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Your questions and comments on this short novel are welcome
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YOUR comments and questions on this classic drama are welcome, same instructions as previously. The work should be easily available to you online or as hardcopy. Please consider whether any of the theories which you know by now are relevant for an understanding.
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Your questions and comments on this classic and major tragedy are welcome
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As additional material, if we have time: A short poem by Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass
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As a further option, if the course time allows, we might take an analytical look at parts of Whitman's "Passage to India"
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