NOV 17-22

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Thurs, Nov 17


VIEW: Terry Gilliam, Brazil


READ:

  1. BulletLouis Althusser, ‘Ideological State Apparatuses’

  2. BulletAlthusser Module on Ideology

  3. BulletAlthusser Module on ISAa


Tues, Nov 22


READ:

  1. Bullet Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish

  2. BulletMichel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’

  3. Bullet“subject and subjectivity”

  4. Bullet“power”

  5. Bullet“panoptic, panopticon and carceral”

  6. Bullet“bio-politics and bio-power”

  INTROS

  TERMS

"Brazil, Ideology, and the Panoptic Machine"


 

Brazil

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

SCIENCE FICTION AND THE POSTMODERN CONDITION


In this third block of classes, we will examine a number of science-fiction examples that explore our current age, which has been termed by many ‘postmodernity.’ We will explore the various elements of our current ‘postmodern condition,’ including computer culture, image culture, media culture, pop culture, and multiculturalism.  Alongside the films, we will be reading some of the most influential postmodern theorists of the last three decades. In so doing, we will explore a number of concepts that have been used to understand our age (pastiche, parody, cyborg and the simulacrum).