ENGL 581

Spring 2015

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Seminar Literary Theory
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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: A college course devoted entirely to criticism or consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
32282
Lecture-Discussion
G
3:00PM -4:50PM
W
113 English Building
Basu, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/15-05/06/15
Section Title:
Subaltern Theory, Lit & Film
Section Info:
Topic Section G: Subaltern Theory, Literature, and Film In this course we will read and discuss some of the signal texts that can be affiliated, strongly or loosely to the Subaltern Studies movement (Guha, Chatterjee, Chakravarti, Spivak, Mignolo). They will be explored in concert with foundational works in European political philosophy (selections from Hegel, Locke, Rousseau, and Marx) and some critiques of the collective (Sarkar, Chibber). We will also look at resonances that can be set up between the concept of subalternity and contemporary theories of the financialization of the planet, state violence, Empire, and matters of citizenship (Agamben?s refugee, Butler?s Precarious Life etc.) We will further our critical understandings of the subaltern by ?worlding? it in relation to a few cinematic (Ray, Sembene) and Literary texts (Mahasweta Devi, Achebe). This will be primarily a reading/discussing course. Students will be expected to do in-class presentations on one or two topics in the course of the semester and write a 25-30 page term paper.
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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