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<strong>American</strong> <strong>Short</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Film</strong><strong>The</strong> <strong>aesthetics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>representation</strong> <strong>in</strong> fiction <strong>and</strong> film1/ Introduction Feb 132/ Questions <strong>of</strong> <strong>representation</strong> <strong>in</strong> fiction <strong>and</strong> film Feb 23W. J. T. Mitchell: "Representation." Lentricchia, F. <strong>and</strong> McLaughl<strong>in</strong>, Th. ed.by: CriticalTerms for Literary Study. Univ <strong>of</strong> Chicago Press.Chicago <strong>and</strong> London: 1995. 11- 23L<strong>in</strong>da Hutcheon: "Postmodernist Representation." <strong>The</strong> Politics <strong>of</strong> Postmodernism. NewAccents. London: Routledge, 1989.31 - 61.Plato: Myth <strong>of</strong> Cavehttp://www.rivertext.com/platoscave_fr.htmlF.Lyotard: Avatgarde <strong>and</strong> Sublime3/ <strong>The</strong> questions <strong>of</strong> the real <strong>in</strong> fiction <strong>of</strong> H. James March 2fiction vs. Criticism, narrative <strong>and</strong> thematic specificityH. James: <strong>The</strong> Beast <strong>in</strong> the Jungle. <strong>The</strong> Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> <strong>American</strong> Literature.ThirdEdition.<strong>Short</strong>er. WWNorton &Company. New York <strong>and</strong> London: 1989. 1425 – 1442etexts:http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~hathaway/beast.htmlhttp://www.onl<strong>in</strong>e-literature.com/henry_james/beast_<strong>in</strong>_jungle/H.James: <strong>The</strong> Art <strong>of</strong> Fiction.etext:http://wwwesterni.unibg.it/siti_esterni/rls/essays/james.htm4/ V. Nabokov: Spr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Fialta, March 9<strong>The</strong> First Lovehttp://www.geocities.com/cyber_explorer99/nabokovfirstlove.htmlRol<strong>and</strong> Barthes: <strong>The</strong> Death <strong>of</strong> the Authorhttp://www.eiu.edu/~literary/4950/barthes.htmDavid Lodge: Metonymy <strong>and</strong> Metaphor <strong>in</strong> Modern Fiction5/ M<strong>in</strong>imalist <strong>representation</strong>. Realism <strong>and</strong> symbolism. March 16Raymond Carver: Cathedral, Ernest Hem<strong>in</strong>gway: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Short</strong> Happy Life <strong>of</strong> FrancisMacomberPractice Test I6/ Metafiction March 23John Barth: Lost <strong>in</strong> the FunHouse TBF, Life-<strong>Story</strong>. <strong>The</strong> Norton Anthology <strong>of</strong> <strong>American</strong>Literature. Third <strong>Short</strong>erEdition. WWNorton&Company. New York <strong>and</strong> London: 1989.John Barth: Literature <strong>of</strong> Exhaustion TBFJohn Barth: Literature <strong>of</strong> Replenishment7/ screen<strong>in</strong>g “Purple Rose <strong>of</strong> Cairo” March 308/ Recursive Structures <strong>in</strong> W.Allen film/fiction April 6Woody Allen: <strong>The</strong> Kugelmass EpisodeBra<strong>in</strong> McHale: Ch<strong>in</strong>ese-Box Worlds. Posmodernist Fiction. New York <strong>and</strong>London:Routledge. 1996.Umberto Eco: Postscript to <strong>The</strong> Name <strong>of</strong> the Rose. From: Postmodernism, Irony, theEnjoyable.In: Postmodern <strong>American</strong> Fiction. A Norton Anthology. New York: W.W:Norton& Company. 1998.9/ Respresentation <strong>of</strong> the unpresentable (unspeakable) April 13Tim O'Brien: How To Tell A True War <strong>Story</strong>, Th<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>The</strong>y CarriedJ. D. Sal<strong>in</strong>ger: For EsmePractice Test II
10/ screen<strong>in</strong>g:Blade Runner April 2011/ New worlds construction <strong>in</strong> fiction April 27William Gibson: Johnny Mnemonic,http://lib.ru/GIBSON/j_mnem.txtUrshula LeGu<strong>in</strong>: Schrod<strong>in</strong>ger's CatJean Baudrillard: from "<strong>The</strong> Precession <strong>of</strong> Simulacra." Simulations. New York: Semiotexte,1983. 1-13, 23-26, 38-49.Donna Haraway: A Manifesto for Cyborgshttp://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Haraway/CyborgManifesto.html12/ All the Postmodern Bu/abbles Discovered May 4Thomas Pynchon: EntropyFrancois Lyotard: <strong>The</strong> Postmodern Conditionhttp://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/Literary_Criticism/postmodernism/lyotard_text.htm13/ F<strong>in</strong>al test May 11Useful l<strong>in</strong>ks:http://www.fysis.cz/filos<strong>of</strong>iecz/texty/zuska/mimesis/fikce.htmhttp://www.california.com/~rathbone/lyotard2.htmCourse Requirements <strong>and</strong> Assessment:Grad<strong>in</strong>g:1= 110 – 97; 1,5= 96 – 91; 2= 90 - 85; 2,5= 84 - 78; 3= 77 - 70; 4= 69 <strong>and</strong> lessAudit<strong>in</strong>g: SS should earn at least 60 po<strong>in</strong>ts based on their participation <strong>and</strong> one written reportNote!SS are penalized by the loss <strong>of</strong> 5 po<strong>in</strong>ts for each missed deadl<strong>in</strong>eQuot<strong>in</strong>g not admitted sources is considered plagiarism, a report or an exam will be nullifiedClass participation completion <strong>of</strong> the read<strong>in</strong>g assignments on time, questions prepared priorto the sem<strong>in</strong>ars (some <strong>of</strong> the texts may require the second...third read<strong>in</strong>g)(two absences are tolerable, however, not <strong>in</strong> the time <strong>of</strong> tests or a presentation) 30%Two Practice Tests 20%F<strong>in</strong>al Test 30 %Presentation: 20%Topic is discussed <strong>in</strong> advance with the <strong>in</strong>structor; <strong>in</strong> case <strong>of</strong> a large number <strong>of</strong> studentsattend<strong>in</strong>g the sem<strong>in</strong>ar SS may write a written essay on the assigned topic otherwise thepresentation is delivered <strong>in</strong> class on the specific, assigned dateFormat <strong>of</strong> oral presentation:10 – 15 m<strong>in</strong>utes longwell-focused (keep your topic <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d)structured, employ<strong>in</strong>g critical th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>gengag<strong>in</strong>gFormat <strong>of</strong> written essay:5 pages longCriteria:structure [ clear <strong>in</strong>troduction, ma<strong>in</strong> body, conclusion]grammar & stylisticsconsistencyclarity <strong>of</strong> argument
critical th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g [SS are encouraged to use other sources <strong>and</strong> cite them]Deadl<strong>in</strong>e: May 4 , 2006
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