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Introduction to Theory of Literature (Spring, 2009) 1. Introduction 2. Introduction (cont.) 3. Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle 4. Configurative Reading 5. The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork 6. The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms 7. Russian Formalism 8. Semiotics and Structuralism 9. Linguistics and Literature 10. Deconstruction I 11. Deconstruction II 12. Freud and Fiction 13. Jacques Lacan in Theory 14. Influence 15. The Postmodern Psyche 16. The Social Permeability of Reader and Text 17. The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory 18. The Political Unconscious 19. The New Historicism 20. The Classical Feminist Tradition 21. African-American Criticism 22. Post-Colonial Criticism 23. Queer Theory and Gender Performativity 24. The Institutional Construction of Literary Study 25. The End of Theory?; Neo-Pragmatism 26. Reflections; Who Doesnt Hate Theory Now? Lecture 1 - Introduction next session Overview: In this first lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the courses title in three parts. The relationship between theory and philosophy, the question of what literature is and does, and what constitutes an introduction are interrogated. The professor then situates the emergence of literary theory in the history of modern criticism and, through an analysis of major thinkers such as Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, provides antecedents for twentieth-century theoretical developments. Reading assignment: None assigned Introduction to Theory of Literature: Lecture 1 Transcript January 13, 2009 Professor Paul Fry: I thought Id begin today--this [gestures to outline on chalkboard] is, by the way, the regular practice. This is as close as I get to bulleted Power Point. Its all there. I ought to have got through those topics by the end of the lecture. If I dont, not to worry. Ill pick up wherever the dotted line emerges in the subsequent lecture. In any case, I thought Id begin today by making a few remarks about the title of our course beca