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Literary Theory Summer
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Summer Students: You make check back here for a syllabus and complete reading schedule in the coming weeks. Below you will find the two required texts, one suggested text, and some ideas for getting a head start on this course (if your schedule permits). We will supplement the texts you purchase with some reserve articles and a few short literary texts. Required Texts
Suggested
Advance Reading If your schedule affords advance reading, I will offer a few suggestions. I would begin with the Norton introduction. Because this is a rather comprehensive anthology, we'll obviously read selectively in it during the summer session. For preparation, I'd be inclined to hold off reading the major Norton essays and begin with some of the "synthesizing" essays in Critical Terms. I anticipate our reading at least the following entries (on reserve for those without the text) from Critical Terms: Structure, Unconscious, Culture, Author, Ideology, Race, and Class. Digest these and you'll be ready for the main course. Were this a semester-long course, I would have made use of Terry Eagleton's Literary Theory: An Introduction (Amazon link). This is not an easy-reader introduction, but it takes a useful historical view of the development of post-Enlightenment theory and, unlike many introductory texts, resists the temptation to render theories in simplified caricatures. I highly recommend it if you have the time. I'm not yet ready to post a full reading list of essays from the Norton; I need to think carefully about how to compress this into a five-week experience. But we will certainly read the Marx, Freud, and Saussure selections. If you're not ready for a break by the time you finish those, please check back here and you should find the complete schedule of readings. A Further Word We will make some use of electronic resources to exchange work and access readings. It would be helpful if you had an IUP email and network username/password in place before we began. (If you are currently registered but not set up with the technology, please contact Nancy Evans at the academic technology center for help. |
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