Classics of Literary TheoryLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

- Forming a view on the development of literary studies. - Formation of a specific understanding of the classics of the discipline. - In-depth familiarity with key figures of the discipline or classic studies - After completing the course, the student understands the change in literary studies in the context of the history of ideas and scholarship.

Content

The course provides a deeper insight into the historical development of literary studies and the thinking and research of its key representatives. In addition, it focuses on the role of literary studies in academia and society.

Materials

Examination of 2-3 (approx. 700 pages) of the following, according to agreement: ADORNO, Esteettinen teoria; BAHTIN, Dostojevskin poetiikan ongelmia; BARTHES, Tekijän kuolema, tekstin syntymä; BLOOM, The Anxiety of Influence; BOOTH, The Rhetoric of Fiction; FOWLER, Kinds of Literature; FRYE, The Anatomy of Criticism; GILBERT–GUBAR, The Madwoman in the Attic; ISER, The Act of Reading; JAMESON, The Political Unconscious; KRISTEVA, Puhuva subjekti; LUKÁCS, The Historical Novel; LUKÁCS, The Theory of the Novel; MOI, Sukupuoli/teksti/valta; PESONEN–SUNI (toim.), Venäläinen formalismi; RICOEUR, Tulkinnan teoria; SAID, Orientalismi; SARTRE, Mitä kirjallisuus on?; SHOWALTER: A Literature of Their Own; STANZEL, A Theory of Narrative; VOLOSINOV, Kielen dialogisuus; WATT, The Rise of the Novel; WELLEK–WARREN, Kirjallisuus ja sen teoria; WILLIAMS, Marxism, kulttuuri ja kirjallisuus; von WRIGHT, Ajatus ja julistus; WOOLF: Oma huone.

Further information

Campus: Joensuu Further information: Teaching language Finnish Teachers: Kati Launis Generic competences: ethics, critical thinking, identification and development of expertise, interaction and communication

Accomplishment methods

Modes of study: Lectures, book exams and/or essays. Essay and book examination as modes of study must be agreed on with the professor. Evaluation criteria: Book exam or essay.