NOV 17-22
Thurs, Nov 17
VIEW: Terry Gilliam, Brazil
READ:
Louis Althusser, ‘Ideological State Apparatuses’
Tues, Nov 22
READ:
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’
“subject and subjectivity”
“power”
“panoptic, panopticon and carceral”
“bio-politics and bio-power”
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
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).