CRT4200

Semiotics and post-structuralism

(ART)

Millicent Vladiv-Glover

12 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: How to turn literary structuralist theory into a workable tool of critical analysis. Origins of structuralism and semiotics as critical systems - the Russian formalist school, C S Peirce and F de Saussure. The critique of structuralism through poststructuralism and deconstruction, especially the work of Deleuze and Guattari.

Assessment: Three essays (3000 words each): 30% each + Seminar participation: 10%