CRT4200

Semiotics and Post-Structuralism ( 12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL)

Leader: Millicent Vladiv-Glover

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

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): 90% + Seminar participation: 10%

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