Literary Text Analysis and Interpretation 340-AS2-2DL

The topics/texts to be discussed:

1. What is literature? What is interpretation?
2. Ecriture feminine - H. Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa" i K. Chopin, "The Storm"
3. G. Anzaldua, "The New Mestiza" i S. Cisneros, "Woman Hollerin Creek"
4. S. Freud, "The Uncanny" i E.A. Poe, "The Black Cat"
5. J. Kristeva, "Approaching Abjection" i E.A.Poe, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
6. M Bakhtin, "Discourse in the Novel" i "M. Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7. W. Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" i H. Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
8. F. Jameson, "Postmodernism and Consumer Society"; J. Baudrillard, "The Precession of Simulacra" i B.E. Ellis, Less Than Zero
9. J. Butler, Gender Trouble oraz "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution" i E. Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
10. G. Ch. Spivak, A Critique of Postcolonial Reason i J. Lahiri, "Sexy"
11. students' presentations
12. students' presentations
13. students' presentations
14. examination
15. final meeting and feedback analysis

The topics/texts to be discussed:

1. What is literature? What is interpretation?
2. Ecriture feminine - H. Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa" i K. Chopin, "The Storm"
3. G. Anzaldua, "The New Mestiza" i S. Cisneros, "Woman Hollerin Creek"
4. S. Freud, "The Uncanny" i E.A. Poe, "The Black Cat"
5. J. Kristeva, "Approaching Abjection" i E.A.Poe, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
6. M Bakhtin, "Discourse in the Novel" i "M. Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7. W. Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" i H. Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
8. F. Jameson, "Postmodernism and Consumer Society"; J. Baudrillard, "The Precession of Simulacra" i B.E. Ellis, Less Than Zero
9. J. Butler, Gender Trouble oraz "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution" i E. Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
10. G. Ch. Spivak, A Critique of Postcolonial Reason i J. Lahiri, "Sexy"
11. students' presentations
12. students' presentations
13. students' presentations
14. students' presentations
15. final meeting and feedback analysis

The topics/texts to be discussed:

1. Introductory meeting; what is literature? What is interpretation?
2. Écriture féminine – H. Cixous, "The Laugh of the Medusa" + K. Chopin, "The Storm”
3. G. Anzaldua, “The New Mestiza” + “S. Cisneros “Woman Hollering Creek”
4. S. Freud, “The Uncanny” + E.A. Poe, “The Black Cat”
5. J. Kristeva, “Approaching Abjection” + E.A. Poe, “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”
6. W. Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" + H. Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener”
7. F. Jameson “Postmodernism and consumer society”; J. Baudrillard “The Precession of Simulacra” (excerpts) + B.E. Ellis Less Than Zero
8. J. Butler Gender Trouble (excerpts); “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution” + E. Hemingway The Sun Also Rises or “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
9. G. Ch. Spivak A Critique of Postcolonial Reason (excerpts) + J. Lahiri “Sexy”
10. L. Buell “Toxic Discourse” + D. DeLillo’s “The White Noise” (excerpts) or F. Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”
11. M. Bakhtin, “Discourse in the Novel” + M. Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (excerpts) or W. Whitman’s Leaves of Grass (selections)
12. E.K. Sedgwick, “Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading” + K. Roupenian “Cat Person” (and other stories)
13. How to analyze poetry? + selected poems
14. A collective analysis of a selected book/film + course evaluation
15. Final meeting and an in-class essay

The Norton Anthology of American Literature (7th ed.) (vol. A-E)
The Northon Anthology of Theory and Criticism (1st ed.)

The Norton Anthology of American Literature (7th ed.) (vol. A-E)
The Northon Anthology of Theory and Criticism (1st ed.)

The Norton Anthology of American Literature (7th ed.) (vol. A-E)
The Northon Anthology of Theory and Criticism (1st ed.)

Students receive two grades: one for the final exam and the other for their participation in classes.

2 absences are allowed; the sick leave should be presented to the lecturer within the period of two weeks after issuing the document). Students may also deliver a presentation, which has impact on the final grade.

Students receive two grades: one for the final exam and the other for their participation in classes.

2 absences are allowed; the sick leave should be presented to the lecturer within the period of two weeks after issuing the document). Students may also deliver a presentation, which has impact on the final grade.

The final grade is based on the student’s oral contributions and the final essay. Students are allowed two unexcused absences. A medical certificate or its scan must be submitted to the course instructor no later than two weeks after the absence.