Introduction to Theory of Literature
Yale,, Spring 2009 , Prof. Paul H. Fry
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Yale,, Spring 2009 , Prof. Paul H. Fry
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Introduction - Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle - Configurative Reading - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork - The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms - Russian Formalism - Semiotics and Structuralism - Linguistics and Literature - Deconstruction - Freud and Fiction - Jacques Lacan in Theory - Influence - The Postmodern Psyche - The Social Permeability of Reader and Text - The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory - The Political Unconscious - The New Historicism - The Classical Feminist Tradition - African-American Criticism - Post-Colonial Criticism - Queer Theory and Gender Performativity - The Institutional Construction of Literary Study - The End of Theory?; Neo-Pragmatism - Reflections; Who Doesn't Hate Theory Now?
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Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300)
In this lecture on post-colonial theory, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Edward Said and Homi K. Bhabha. The complicated origins, definitions, and limitations of the term "post-colonial" are outlined. Elaine Showalters theory of the phasic development of female literary identity is applied to the expression of post-colonial identities. Crucial terms such as ambivalence, hybridity, and double consciousness are explained. The relationship between Bhabhas concept of sly civility and Gatess "signifyin" is discussed, along with the reliance of both on semiotics.
0000 - Chapter 1. Problems With the Term "Post-Colonial"
0856 - Chapter 2. A Room of Ones Own Revisited
1400 - Chapter 3. Orientalism and Showalters Phases
2051 - Chapter 4. The Relationship Between Said and Bhabha
2654 - Chapter 5. The Master-Slave Dialectic
3612 - Chapter 6. Bhabha Ambivalence and Hybridity
5040 - Chapter 7. "Sly Civility" as Signifyin
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This course was recorded in Spring 2009.
Sam
Sep 12, 2018
Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.
Dembe
March 29, 2019
Great course. Thank you very much.