COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 615: Kintz, Fall 1999
SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS:
As you read, keep in mind two sources that will be helpful for
background: Kaja Silverman, The Subject of Semiotics; and
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and
Criticism.
Also, you will need to watch, outside of class, several movies
during the term: Marat/ Sade; Eraserhead; Viva
Zapata; A Place in the Sun; Now, Voyager
WEEK ONE:
- Introduction.
- Discussion of Julia Kristeva, Revolution in Poetic
Language
- VIEWPOINTS exercise
- Discussion of final paper projects
WEEK TWO:
- Performance and Discussion of Faust/ Faustus.
- Read script in packet. Review the Faust story.
- Continue Kristeva
- Explication due: assignment in class Week One: 2 to be posted
on ListServe by Tuesday noon
WEEK THREE:
- Kristeva,
- Freud: Interpretation of Dreams.
- Explication due: assignment in class Week Two: ListServe
postings.
WEEK FOUR:
- Freud
- Kennedy, A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White
(packet)
- Explication due
- [By now, you should have viewed Zapata; Place in the
Sun; Now, Voyager]
WEEK FIVE:
- Derrida, on Freud
- Explication due
WEEK SIX:
- Artaud, The Theatre and Its Double
- Derrida, on Artaud
- Explication due
WEEK SEVEN:
- Brecht, Brecht on Theatre
- Explication due
- [You should have viewed Marat/ Sade by
now.]
WEEK EIGHT:
- Butler, Bodies That Matter
- Explication due
WEEK NINE:
- Kristeva, Powers of Horror
- Explication due
- [You should have viewed Eraserhead by
now.]
WEEK TEN:
- Kristeva
- Explication due
- Serial Killers
FINAL PAPER DUE: FRIDAY, DEC. 9, 5:00 in 473 PLC. Please avoid
incompletes.