Course Description Syllabus  Relevant Links Literary Criticism Databank Real-Time Discussion

I. New Criticism and Formalism--  unified text and independent self
 

1. 9/20	Introduction: appreciation, interpretation and criticism e.g. "Mindscape" and "Metaphor"	review "A Rose for Emily" (questions) and/or¡q¥À¿Ë¡r¤ý¤å¿³ read Lit Crit 31-40
2. 9/27	theory + method:  -- form as organism-- image, tone, irony	1st journal; and read Keats' "Ode on Melancholy";  "A Slumber did my Spirit Seal";  "I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED"
3. 10/ 4	different "forms" of Romantic selves-- Any examples from popular songs? -- Keats's "Ode on Melancholy" as an example   1st journal due	read "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" and ¡q °¨±í¡rªLïú¼w
4. 10/11	Modern and postmodern selves/texts-- Is totality possible? a critique of New Criticism	Read Lit Crit 40-44 & the group's text
5. 10/18	group report (1)	Review "Araby"

II. Psychoanalysis¡Xthe hidden depth of literature and self

6. 10/25	1. the unconscious and the Oedipus complex  ÃÀ³N®a©M¥ì©³©¬´µ±¡¸` e.g. D.H. Lawrence, Leonardo	read Lit Crit 87-96;  ¡q¼ç·NÃÑ re-read ¡q°¨±í¡rªLïú¼w
7. 11/1	2. dream analysis and the use of symbol theory+method: e.g. Rene Margritte, Rouseau's Dream; clips from Spellbound	read "Tell-tale Heart" and"Should Wizard Hit Mommy?"
8. 11/ 8	3. Neurosis and psychobiography:  "Tell-tale Heart," "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" Poe, Dickensen, & Henry Moore	watch ±i¼Ý¿Ñªº¡mµâ¨§¡nand read "Sestina" by E. Bishop
9. 11/15	2nd journal due E. Bishop, and¡mµâ¨§¡n	the group's texts
10. 11/22  (mid-term week)	group report (2): Psycho, "The Cask of Amandillado"	1st paper and review "Araby"; Trifles;  "Yellow Wallpaper" or whichever texts which seem "feminist" to you

III. Feminism¡Xgendered text and gendered subject

11. 11/29	history of subordination of women & women's movement Feminism in Taiwan 1st paper due	read Lit Crit 102-110; ¡m¤k©Ê¥D¸q²z½×»P¬y¬£¡n For reference: A Taxonomy of Feminist Intellectual Traditions film showing on Mon. morning: Ways of Seeing; Dream World
12. 12/6	from women's discourse (French Feminism) to gender studies: e.g. "Greek Goddess"; k.d. lang	Read "I Stand Here Ironing"; ¡m¤k©Ê¥D¸q²z½×»P¬y¬£¡n film showing in class: fragments of speech For reference: Helene Cixous' "The Laugh of the Medusa" ; Judith Butler: Gender Trouble  Luce Irigaray Queer Theory
13. 12/13	Feminist  (Lesbian Studies)strategies: Tillie Olsen, Madonna, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Chinese Americans and Female Artists and Femininist Issues: Taiwanese and Western feminist painters	3rd  journal, and Lit Crit 110-13; ®L¦tªº¡q³¥Ã~¬£¡r¡q¬Y¨ÇÂù¤H»R¡r ¡q­«ª÷ÄÝ¡r¡q«¸Üô¡r & the group's text
14. 12/ 20	3rd journal due group report (3) & ®L¦t (Cf.  ®O±K  "The Feminist Poetic of Xia Yu" --in English)

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15. 12/ 27	implied reader, and concretization e.g. some animation	readLit Crit 45-54; "The Baby-Sitter" and record your reaction ROBERT COOVER; film reviews at IMDB
16. 1/ 3	horizon of expectation	4th journal due; read the group's text; find a text that arouse different  responses
17. 1/ 10	group report (4) different reading selves; Summary and Preview; ºô¸ô¤å¾Ç»PŪªÌ(³sµ²ªººô¯¸½Ð¥HexplorerÆ[¬Ý¡^ 4th journal due
18. 1/17	Final paper due	¡@