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 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63444	Online	RR	4:00PM -5:50PM	M	n.a.	Rushing, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Semina Lit Themes Section Info: Title: Biopolitics, Fantasy, Media Description: Biopolitics is generally understood as power directly manipulating life, but 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 will 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 Valiaho, Esposito, Campbell, Agamben, Zizek, McGowan, Freud, Lacan, Foucault, Neroni, Edelman, Mbembe, Jackson and others. Films, television and other media include texts such as: 300, Contagion, Orphan Black, Le Bureau des légendes, The Hunger Games, Logan's Run, The Seed of Man, Mad Max: Fury Road, Jeeg Robot, and more.