English 420: Critical Theory
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Reserve Reading
> The Trouble with Representation: Poststructuralism Deconstructs the "Grands Récits"
Reserve Reading
Selden and Widdowson on
Derrida and Deconstruction
(required)
Jacques Derrida, "
Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences
" (required)
Spivak, et al., "
The Post-Modern Condition: The End of Politics?
" (required)
Selected Web Resources
Deconstruction/Post-Structuralism
"
Deconstruction: Some Assumptions
" (John Lye, Brock U)
Deconstruction
(Stanford U Presidential Lectures)
Derrida
(k.i.s.s of the panopticon)
Derrida
(John Rawlings, Stanford U)
Alternate version of Derrida's "
Structure, Sign and Play
" |
Commentary
|
Reading Guide
Transition pieces: from post-structuralism to cultural materialism
Stephen Greenblatt, from "
Towards a Poetics of Culture
" (
summary
|
commentary
)
Louis Montrose, from "
The Poetics and Politics of Culture
"
Stanley Fish, "
Condemnation Without Absolutes
" (
New York Times
15 October 2001)
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