British Literature 7

This course will cover a range of topics related to the development of literary criticism, and will include both short introductory lectures and in-class discussions of readings. Depending on the number of students, there will be possible opportunities for presentations and group work.

The focus of this course is literary criticism that is fundamentally rooted in ideology, in opposition to the stated goals of schools such as Formalism and New Criticism, which dominated much of the early twentieth century. The main areas considered are Marxism, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Post-Colonialism, and a brief foray into Zoocriticism, part of the Post-Humanist turn.

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授業計画

Week 1: Should theory be ideological? What are some limits, historical controversies, and current issues? Week 2: Marxism: Karl Marx: The German Ideology Week 2: Marxism: Walter Benjamin: Theses on the Philosophy of History Week 3: Marxism: Pierre Bourdieu: Structures and the Habitus Week 4: Marxism: Louis Althusser: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses Week 5: Feminisms: Helene Cixous: The Laugh of the Medusa Week 6: Feminisms: Yanbing Er: Feminism Enchanted Week 7: Feminisms/Queer Theory: Judith Butler: Imitation and Gender Insubordination Week 8: Queer Theory: Jose Esteban Munoz: Cruising Utopia Week 9: Post-Colonialism: Edward Said: Orientalism Week 10: Post-Colonialism: Chinua Achebe: An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Week 11: Post-Colonialism: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism Week 12: Post-Colonialism: Stuart Hall: Cultural Identity and Diaspora Week 13: Post-Humanism/Zoocriticism: Michael Parrish Lee: Eating Things: Food, Animals, and Other Life Forms in Lewis Carroll’s Alice Books

授業の方法

Face-to face lecture, discussion, presentation.

成績評価方法

In-class work: 20% Presentation: 30% Final Essay: 50%

履修上の注意

In this course, emphasis is placed on students’ own thinking and expressive abilities. Use of AI is not allowed in the following activities: - Writing reports or assignments - Preparing for in-class discussions or presentations If AI use is discovered, the work may be excluded from evaluation or treated as academic misconduct and subject to disciplinary measures. If you are unsure about what is permitted, please consult the lecturer in advance.