CLS4200

Semiotics and Poststructuralism ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Millicent Vladiv-Glover

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: The unit will show students how to turn literary structuralist theory into a workable tool of critical analysis. Structuralism and semiotics as critical systems will be traced back to their historic origins, the Russian Formalist school, C S Peirce and F de Saussure. The heritage and/or critique of structuralism in poststructuralism will be examined, with special emphasis on the work of Julie Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.

Assessment: Class paper/seminar paper (2,500 words): 20% + Essay (4,500 words): 50% + 90 minute end-of-semester test: 30%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions: CRT4200