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.