Course Schedule
This schedule is tentative. Departures will be announced in advance. All the readings listed below the date and topic should be read for that date.
1. Jan. 16: Introduction, the French intellectual scene. Sign up for course site and wiki.
- Hurst, “Introduction: ‘For the Love of Lacan'” (PDF)
- Poe, “The Purloined Letter” (PDF)
2. Jan. 23: Enter the Dragon: Lacan in Context (Jake leads on Wiki)
- Bailey, “Lacan and His Historical Context” (PDF).
- Lacan, “The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function . . . ” (PDF)
- Lacan, “The Split Between the Eye and the Gaze” and “Anamorphosis” (in one PDF)
- video spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFo3trMuD8
3. Jan. 30: Privileging Speech
- Lacan, “The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis” (PDF)
4. Feb. 6: The Subject
- Lacan, “The Subversion of the Subject” (first half; PDF)
- Van Haute, Against Adaptation (first half, pp. xi-100; PDF)
- Student reading response #1
- Student reading response #2
- Video spot (shadows: the evil twin of the mirror): http://twentytwowords.com/2014/02/04/babies-discover-their-shadows-are-freaked-out/
5. Feb. 13: Subversion
- Lacan: “The Subversion of the Subject” (second half; PDF)
- Van Haute, Against Adaptation (finish; PDF)
- Student reading response #3
- Student reading response #4
6. Feb. 20: Lacan and Rhetoric?
- Lundberg, Lacan in Public (first half; PDF)
- Student reading response #5
- Student reading response #6
7. Feb. 27: More on Lacan and Rhetoric.
- Lundberg, Lacan in Public (2nd half; PDF)
8. March 6: Derrida on Deconstruction and Speech/Writing
- Derrida, Of Grammatology, chaps. 1-2 (PDF)
- Student reading response #7
- Student reading response #8
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9. March 20: Derrida on issues with Structuralism and Speech Act Theory.
- Derrida, “Structure Sign and Play” and “Signature Event Context” (PDF)
- Student reading response #9
- Student reading response #10
10. March 27: Derrida on Justice and Responsivity.
- Derrida: “The Politics of Friendship” and “A Number of Yes” (PDF)
- Student reading response #11
- Student reading response #12
11. April 3: Derrida on the Subject. (Stephanie leads on wiki)
- Derrida: “Eating Well” and “Remarks on Deconstruction and Pragmatism” (PDF)
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12. April 10: Derrida on (Late) Deconstruction and Justice/Ethics
- Derrida: “Of Hospitality.” (PDF) Film Clip; Marked Pdf
- Student reading response #13
- Student reading response #14
13. April 17: Derrida on Event and the Machine; the New Logic of the Limit.
- Derrida: “Typewriter Ribbon.” (PDF)
- Student Reading Response #15
14. April 24: The Purloined Letter (Gray and Jenna lead on wiki)
- Lacan, “Seminar on ‘The Purloined Letter'” (PDF)
- Derrida, “The Purveyor of Truth” (PDF)
15. May 1: Last Day, Wrap-Up
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