Introduction to Literary Theory - Syllabus by Bill L. https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0 LCO 212 - Winter 2021 en-us 2020-12-03 15:37:05 UTC 2023-06-06 14:24:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dc.png Contact billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984268332 Email: bill.n@umontreal.ca

I do check my emails daily. Feel free to contact me. I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.]]> 2020-12-03 15:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984268332 Description billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984280054 This course will introduce you to the history and main concepts of Literary Theory.]]> 2020-12-03 15:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984280054 billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984282006 Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and the methods of literary analysis. Since the 19th century literary science includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning. In the humanities in modern academia, the latest style of literary science is a development of critical theory. Consequently, the word "theory" has become an umbrella term for scientific approaches to reading texts, some of which are informed by strands of sociology and continental philosophy.]]> 2020-12-03 15:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984282006 Module 1: History of literary theory and literary criticism from Antiquity to present. (Week 1 - Week 4) billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984284426 Week 1:
Ancient Greek Criticism:
  • Classical Literary Criticism: Intellectual and Political Backgrounds
  • Plato and Aristotle
Readings:
  • Syllabus
  • J. W. H. Atkins: Literary Criticism in Antiquity (1934). Chapter III and IV.
Week 2:
The Medieval Era:
  • St. Augustine
  • Dante Alighieri
  • St. Thomas Aquinas
Excerpts from:
  • Hardison, Jr., O. B., Medieval Literary Criticism: Translations and Interpretations (1974)
  • St. Augustine. City of God. Trans. Henry Bettenson (1984)
  • Literary Criticism of Dante Alighieri. Trans. Robert S. Haller. (1973)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas. An Introduction to the Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas (1953)
Week 3:
The Enlightenment
  • John Locke
  • David Hume
Excerpts from:
  • Hobsbawm, E. J. The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789 – 1848 (1977)
  • Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Ed. A. D. Woozley (1975)
  • Hume, David. Four Dissertations (1970)
Week 4:
The Twentieth Century
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Michel Foucault
Excerpts from:
  • Newton,  K.  M., Twentieth-Century  Literary  Theory:  A  Reader (1997)
  • Freud, Sigmund. The Freud Reader. Ed. Peter Gay (1989)
  • Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1995)
]]> 2020-12-03 15:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984284426 Module 2: Schools of literary theory. (Week 5 - Week 9) billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984286570 Week 5: 
  • Formalism, New Criticism, Neo-Aristotelian Criticism
  • Psychoanalytic Criticism
Readings:
Week 6:
  • Marxist Criticism
  • Structuralism
Readings:
  • Eagleton, Terry: Marxism and Literary Criticism (2002) (Excerpts)
  • Bogdal, Klaus-Michael: Neue Literaturtheorien. Eine Einführung (2005)
    (pp 108 - 133)
Week 7: Reading Week
Week 8:
  • Post-Structuralism/ Deconstruction
  • New Historicism
Readings:
  • Veeser,  H.  Aram: The  New  Historicism  Reader (1994) (Excerpts)
  • Bogdal, Klaus-Michael: Neue Literaturtheorien. Eine Einführung (2005)
    (pp 32 - 56) 
Week 9: 
  • Post-Colonial Criticism
  • Feminist Criticism
]]> 2020-12-03 15:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984286570 Module 3: Reading and interpreting of Kafka’s “Urteil” and “Vor dem Gesetz”. (Week 10 -12) billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984290490 Week 10:
Analysis of Franz Kafka's "Das Urteil"
Readings:
Jahraus, Oliver/Stefan Neuhaus (Hg.): Kafkas „Urteil“ und die Literaturtheorie. Stuttgart 2002
Week 11:
Analysis of Franz Kafka's “Vor dem Gesetz”
Readings:
Bogdal, Klaus-Michael (Hg.): Neue Literaturtheorien in der Praxis. Textanalysen von Kafkas „Vor dem Gesetz“. Göttingen 2005
Week 12:
Analysis of diverse literary texts
Week 13:
Final discussion]]> 2020-12-03 16:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984290490 Texts to analyze billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984377654 We will need some literary texts to analyze during week 12 (see schedule)
I would like you to provide 1–2 pages from a book that you read in the past and really enjoyed.]]> 2020-12-03 16:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984377654 billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/984381100 Even though I'm not a fan of grading, I do like assignments and I'm planning to make them fun for everyone. There are four of them:

Webinars (30%):
These are my favourites. You will co-create a webinar (podcast-style interview) with me. Topics are based on the course content. Check the list with “Webinar Topics”.

In class participation (20%):
This doesn't need much explanation. I'd like you to prepare at least two questions or observations for each of our Zoom meetings.

Essays (30%):
Written assignment (1500–2000 words). Write about a topic related to “literary theory”. For this assignment, I would like you to use open educational resources (OER) exclusively.

Quizzes (20%):
Quizzes are all done in class. We will use the “Poll” function on Zoom.

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  • The study of poetic language
  • Study of the speaker
  • Psychoanalytic reading
  • The Author’s social condition
  • Language as a system of signs and words
  • Literature in its cultural context
  • Literature as a colonial product
  • Text analysis through the female lens
    • ]]>     2020-12-04 04:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/986596886     Required Syllabus Statements, University of Waterloo billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/991619547
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    You can also schedule a 1on1 Zoom meeting. Just send me a request and I'll take care of the rest.]]>     2020-12-10 16:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1006835890     What You'll Learn billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1006893056 At the end of the semester, you will be able to distinguish between the different theoretical approaches to literature and use these approaches in text analyses.]]> 2020-12-10 16:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1006893056 billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010160584 We will meet twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30 - 12:00) on Zoom. Please always join at least five minutes prior to above mentioned time.]]> 2020-12-11 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010160584 Zoom Link billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010161570 https://us05web.zoom.us/j/7313239487?pwd=WjQxQ29pRHI2M2c3cVpvcWdhS0tUUT09

    Meeting ID: 731 323 9487
    Passcode: wD0ndc]]>     2020-12-11 15:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010161570     Reading billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010272782 It's of critical importance that you read the course material so that you're prepared for our meetings.]]> 2020-12-11 16:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010272782 Discussion board billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010282818 I would like you to be active on the discussion board. You don't have to create new threads every time. All inputs count as participation.]]> 2020-12-11 16:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010282818 Instructor Thread (Discussion Board) billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010294995 There is an “Ask the Teacher”-thread on our discussion board. You can ask questions or comment. You can send me a private message as well.]]> 2020-12-11 16:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010294995 Open Educational resources (OER) billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010310008 For your essays, I would like you to use Open Educational Resources exclusively. Don't wait until the end of the semester to start your research.]]> 2020-12-11 16:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1010310008 Bill N. billn https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1026601637 About me]]> 2020-12-17 04:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/billn/bpk63i8754w1wiu0/wish/1026601637