JAN 28-30
Tues, Jan 28
VIEW: X-Files, ‘Jose Chung’s From Outer Space’
READ:
Peter Brooks, Reading for the Plot, 227-29, 234-35
“transference”
Thurs, Jan 30
REVIEW:
Material from Tuesday
In these first four weeks, I will introduce students to the basic structures of narrative form, specifically the distinction between "story" and "discourse" and between the "proairetic and hermeneutic codes" of narrative. Students will also begin to analyze film, thus becoming familiar with those terms from film theory that we will build on over the course of the semester. Two pop cultural shows (Star Trek: The Next Generation and The X-Files) and one experimental film (La jetée) will serve to help us in our exploration of the narrative limitations of human consciousness.
The Citizen Kane of X-Files
ENGL 373H: The Theory of SF&F
INSTRUCTOR : Prof. Felluga
OFFICE : HEAV 430
OFFICE HOURS : T,Th 10:30-11:30 (or email me)
E-MAIL: : felluga@purdue.edu