Offered
Clayton First semester 2008 (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
