The following schedule is tentative and subject to change according to the needs of the class.
January 17 | Introduction |
January 22 | Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness |
January 24 | Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy" |
January 29 | Nietzsche continued |
January 31 | Nietzsche continued |
February 5 | Nietzsche continued |
February 7 | Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" |
February 12 | Benjamin continued and Martin Heidegger, "Letter on Humanism" |
February 14 | Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology" |
February 19 | Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE FOR PEER-EDITING |
February 21 | Horkheimer and Adorno continued |
February 26 | Horkheimer and Adorno continued FINAL DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE |
February 28 | Horkheimer and Adorno continued |
March 5 | Horkheimer and Adorno continued |
March 7 | MID-TERM EXAMINATION |
March 12-March 16--SPRING BREAK | |
March 19 | Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Vol. I |
March 21 | Foucault continued |
March 26 | Foucault continued |
March 28 | Jacques Derrida, Limited, Inc. |
April 2 | Derrida continued |
April 4 | Derrida continued |
April 9 | Judith Butler, Gender Trouble |
April 11 | Butler continued |
April 16 | Butler continued |
April 18 | Butler continued |
April 23 | Giorgio Agamben, The Man without Content |
April 25 | Agamben continued WORKING DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE FOR PEER EDITING |
April 30 | Agamben continued and Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo |
May 2 | Reed and Review |
May 11 | FINAL DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE FINAL EXAM FROM 4:00PM-5:55PM |