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Introduction to Theory of Literature

Paul H. Fry · Yale University

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About

This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while attempting to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates philosophical and social perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

Lectures

  1. Introduction Lecture 1 · Audio
  2. Introduction (cont.) Lecture 2 · Audio
  3. Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle Lecture 3 · Audio
  4. Configurative Reading Lecture 4 · Audio
  5. The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork Lecture 5 · Audio
  6. The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms Lecture 6 · Audio
  7. Russian Formalism Lecture 7 · Audio
  8. Semiotics and Structuralism Lecture 8 · Audio
  9. Linguistics and Literature Lecture 9 · Audio
  10. Deconstruction I Lecture 10 · Audio
  11. Deconstruction II Lecture 11 · Audio
  12. Freud and Fiction Lecture 12 · Audio
  13. Jacques Lacan in Theory Lecture 13 · Audio
  14. Influence Lecture 14 · Audio
  15. The Postmodern Psyche Lecture 15 · Audio
  16. The Social Permeability of Reader and Text Lecture 16 · Audio
  17. The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory Lecture 17 · Audio
  18. The Political Unconscious Lecture 18 · Audio
  19. The New Historicism Lecture 19 · Audio
  20. The Classical Feminist Tradition Lecture 20 · Audio
  21. African-American Criticism Lecture 21 · Audio
  22. Post-Colonial Criticism Lecture 22 · Audio
  23. Queer Theory and Gender Performativity Lecture 23 · Audio
  24. The Institutional Construction of Literary Study Lecture 24 · Audio
  25. The End of Theory?; Neo-Pragmatism Lecture 25 · Audio
  26. Reflections; Who Doesn't Hate Theory Now? Lecture 26 · Audio

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Institution
Yale University
Department
English
Teacher
Paul H. Fry
Term
Spring 2009
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing
Source
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