CWL 581

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Seminar Lit Themes

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Credit: 4 hours.

Study of a theme or type (the Faust myth, the romantic hero, etc.) to discover its essential components in all the literatures studied and the significance of national variations. The subject of the seminar varies each term.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.

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CWL 581 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63444	Lecture-Discussion	RR	3:00PM -4:50PM	R	1134 Foreign Languages Building	Rushing, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Biopolitical Fantasy on Screen Section Info: Topic: Biopolitical Fantasy on Screen Description: Although some have claimed that biopolitics is about the direct manipulation of life, a careful analysis shows that biopolitical interventions are always mediated—that is, like other forms of ideology, as Zizek has argued, they always require a fantasy to sustain them, whether they are public service billboards or Hollywood films. Understanding the essential falsity of ideology is not enough, in other words, to understand its hold over the viewer. In this seminar, we’ll explore some theories of biopolitics as well as theories (largely but not exclusively psychoanalytic) that attempt to explain the fascination that screen fantasies hold over us in the service of the preservation and exploitation of life. Readings include Väliaho, Esposito, Campbell, Agamben, Zizek, McGowan, Freud, Lacan, Foucault, Edelman and Barker. Films and television may include: 300, Immortals, Orphan Black, The Hunger Games, Aliens, Logan’s Run, Game of Thrones, Mad Max: Fury Road, World War Z, Fight Club, Essential Killing, Zero Dark Thirty.