OCT 18-20

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Tues, Oct 18


VIEW: Buffy, ‘Once More, with Feeling’


READ:

  1. BulletLaura Mulvey, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’

  2. BulletKaja Silverman, The Subject of Semiotics, 201-05, 222-25

  3. Bullet“gender and sex”

  4. Bullet“suture”

  5. Bullet“nature”

  6. BulletPrimer on Buffy, ‘Once More, with Feeling’


Thurs, Oct 20


READ:

  1. Bullet Judith Butler, ‘Performative Acts and Gender Construction’

  2. Bullet“performativity”

PSYCHOANALYSIS, FEMINISM, AND THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

In this second block of classes, we will build on our discussion of Brooks by continuing our exploration of psychoanalytical concepts, specifically those of Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, and Julia Kristeva. Througout, Buffy will be our guide since Joss Whedon, the show's creator, self-consciously incorporates both Freudian and Lacanian elements into his Buffyverse.We will also take this opportunity to discuss the influence of Lacan on both feminism and contemporary film theory.

  INTROS

  TERMS

ENGL 373H: The Theory of SF&F

INSTRUCTOR         : Prof. Felluga

OFFICE                    : HEAV 430

OFFICE HOURS      : T,Th 1:30-2:30 (or email me)

E-MAIL:                   : felluga@purdue.edu




Synopsis for Oct 18-20

"The Fourth Wall of Performance"