文學理論

To introduce a few theoretical approaches to literature that are important to contemporary understanding of how human subjects and their literary attempts are put into question. n.b. the course lecture will be delivered in mandarin

Not loathing abstract and theoretical speculation.

for book title abbreviation, see the textbook list above 1. Holiday 2. Intro 3. JCLT, ch. 1, 2. 4. JCLT, ch. 3, 4. 5. Ferdinand De Saussure, “Course in General Linguistics,” NATC pp. 960-974 6. JCLT, ch. 5, 6. 7. no class 8. JCLT, ch. 7, 8. 9. Mid-term 10. Mikhail Bakhtin, “Discourse in the Novel” (part 1), NATC pp. 1190-1204 11. Mikhail Bakhtin, “Discourse in the Novel” (part 2), NATC pp. 1205-1220 12. TELT, ch. 3. 13. TELT, ch. 4. 14. TELT, ch. 5. 15. TELT, Conclusion. 16. Jean Baudrillard, “The Precession of Simulacrum,” NATC pp. 1732-1741 17. oral report on final project 18. Final

in-class oral report and written outline 30% mid-term 30% final exam 40%

1. Jonathan Culler, Literary Theory. (JCLT) 2. Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory. (TELT) 3. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (NATC) (all books will appear in library’s reserved shelf)