The Act of Interpretation
- Fall 2012 - Dr. Steve
Evans
Reading
Syllabus
Subject to Change ~ Check Back Frequently
References to the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (aka "the brick") are preceded by "Norton." Except where specifically indicated, the assignment includes the headnote and selected texts in their entirety.
Synopsis of Major Questions
Introduction: What Are Semiotics and Hermeneutics? Class 1
What Is Representation? Classes 2-7
What Is Language? Classes 8-14
What Is Hermeneutics? Classes 15-19
What Is an Author? Classes 20-22
What Is Recognition? Class 23-27
Conclusion. Class 28
0. Introduction: What Are Semiotics and Hermeneutics? Class 1
Class 1. Sept 4 Tues
Introduction to course: Semiotics and Hermeneutics
Chapter I. What Is Representation? Classes 2-7
Class 2. Sept 6 Thurs
Norton: Gorgias pdf | html
Norton: Plato, Republic, fr. books II and III | html | Plato Tip: If you're reading on-line, or in any edition that employs the so-called Stephanus numbers, the Norton includes book II, paragraphs 376-83, and Book III paragraphs 386-92 and 400-403
Proust 3-9
Class 3. Sept 11 Tues
Norton: Plato, Republic, fr. books VII and X | html | Plato Tip: the Norton excerpt from Book VII comprises 514-518; from Book X, paragraphs 595-608.
Proust 9-48
Class 4. Sept 13 Thurs
Norton: Plato, Phaedrus
Norton: Aristotle, Poetics | html
Proust 9-48
Critical Terms for Literary Study (CTLS) : Mitchell, Representation
Class 5. Sept 18
Norton: Aristotle, Poetics and Rhetoric
Proust 49-137
Class 6. Sept 20
Norton: Horace
Proust 49-137
CTLS: Fish, Rhetoric
Class 7. Sept 25
Norton: Auerbach | html
Proust 137-69
II. What Is Language? Classes 8-14
Class 8. Sept 27
Norton: Saussure
Proust 169-91
CTLS: Rowe, Structure
Class 9. Oct 2
Norton: Saussure
Norton: Mallarmé
Proust 195-242
Class 10. Oct 4
Norton: Jakobson
Proust 195-242
CTLS: McLaughlin, Figurative Language
Oct 9 – Fall Break
Class 11. Oct 11
Norton: Jakobson
Proust 242-329
CTLS: Herrnstein Smith, Value/Evaluation
Class 12. Oct 16
Norton: Levi-Strauss
Proust 329-96
Class 13. Oct 18
Norton: Austin
Proust 329-96
CTLS: Johnson, Writing
Class 14. Oct 23
Norton: Heidegger
Proust 399-444
Chapter III: What Is Hermeneutics?
Class 15. Oct 25
Norton: Schleiermacher
Proust 399-444
CTLS: Mailloux, Interpretation
Class 16. Oct 30
Norton: Nietzsche
Class 17. Nov 1
Handout: Poulet
Norton: Iser
Freud ch. 2
CTLS: Graff, Determinacy/Indeterminacy
Class 18. Nov 6
Norton: Fish
Class 19. Nov 8
Norton: de Man
Freud ch. 3-4
Chapter IV: What Is an Author? Classes 20-22
Class 20. Nov 13
Norton: Gramsci
Norton: Barthes
Class 21. Nov 15
Norton: Foucault
Freud ch. 5
CTLS: Pease, Author
Class 22. Nov 20
Norton: Wimsatt and Beardsley, Intentional Fallacy
Norton: Bloom
Norton: Gilbert & Gubar
Freud ch. 5-6
CTLS: Renza, Influence
Nov 22 - Thanksgiving
Chapter V: What Is Recognition? Class 23-27
Class 23. Nov 27
Norton: Hegel
Norton: Wollstonecraft
Norton: de Staël, On Women Writers
Class 24. Nov 29
Norton: Marx & Engels
Norton: Woolf
Norton: Hurston
Freud ch. 6
CTLS: Kavanagh, Ideology
Class 25. Dec 4
Norton: Lacan
Norton: de Beauvoir
Norton: Wittig
Class 26. Dec 6
Norton: Althusser
Norton: Rich
CTLS: Jehlen, Gender
Class 27. Dec 11
Norton: Jameson
Norton: Spivak
Conclusion
Class 28. Dec 13
Concluding remarks
Review for Final
Final Exam
Dec 20, Thursday, 12:15 – 2:15pm
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