2008_wk_8

English 478S:
Literary and Cultural Theory
from
Plato to the Present

Jefferson Hendricks
English Department
Centenary College of Louisiana
Fall 2008

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Week Nine -- October 21/23:
"Structuralism and Semiotics"

Ferdinand de Saussure, "Introduction," pp. 956-960.
Claude Levi-Strauss, "Introduction," pp. 1415-1418.
Roland Barthes, from Mythologies; "The Death of the Author," "From Work to Text," pp. 1457-1475. [1957-1971]
Louis Althusser, "A Letter on Art in Reply to Andre Daspre;" from Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, 1476-1483; 1488-1491. [1966; 1969]
Tzvetan Todorov, "Structural Analysis of Literature," pp. 2097-2105. [1969]
Hayden White, "The Historical Text as Literary Artifact," pp. 1709-1729. [1978]
Key Words:

from Glossary of Literary Theory (Greig E. Henderson and Christopher Brown):

Binary Oppositions
Diachrony
Linguistics and Literary Theory
Narratology
Semiotics
Sign/Signifier
Structuralism
Synchrony

from k.i.s.s. of the panopticon (Dougie Bicket):

Binary Oppositions
Interpellation
Metaphor, Metonym
Semiotics
Signifiers and Signifieds
Structuralism

from Words of Art (Robert J. Belton):

Semiotics
Sign

On-Line Resources for
"Structuralism and Semiotics"

Structuralism -- Wikipedia

Structuralism -- The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
Structuralism/Post-Structuralism -- Mary Klages, U. of Colorado
lecture on Structuralism -- Bruce Thompson, U. of California, Santa Cruz
Structuralism -- C. John Holcombe, textetc.com

Some Elements of Structuralism and Its Application to Literary Theory -- John Lye, Brock U., Canada
summary of Gerard Genette's "Structuralism and Literary Criticism" -- John Lye, Brock U., Canada
Structuralism -- Dougie Bicket, k.i.s.s. of the panopticon
on Saussure, Levi-Strauss, and Structuralism -- Tim Spurgin, Lawrence U.
Structuralism and Semiotics -- John William Phillips, The National U. of Singapore
Structuralist Linguistics and Anthropology -- John William Phillips, The National U. of Singapore
"Structuralism, Semiotics, Narratology" -- Radu Surdulescu, U. of Bucharest, Romania [from Form, Structure, and Structurality in Critical Theory]
"Pre-Structuralist and Structuralist Narratology" -- Radu Surdulescu, U. of Bucharest, Romania [from Form, Structure, and Structurality in Critical Theory]
"Structuralist Poetics" -- Radu Surdulescu, U. of Bucharest, Romania [from Form, Structure, and Structurality in Critical Theory]

Semiotics -- Wikipedia

Semiotics -- Simon Ryan

Semiotics: Language and Culture -- Martin Ryder, U. of Colorado, Denver
Introduction to Semiotics -- Mick Underwood [at his CCMS: Communication, Culture, and Media Studies site]
on Semiotics at Brown U. -- Paul Greenberg, The Boston Globe

"The Semiotic Analysis of the Literary Text" -- Radu Surdulescu, U. of Bucharest, Romania [from Form, Structure, and Structurality in Critical Theory]

Semiotics for Beginners -- Daniel Chandler, U. of Wales, Aberystwyth, U. K.
Basics of Semiotics -- John Deely, U. of St. Thomas (Houston)
Medieval Semiotics -- Stephan Meier-Oeser, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Semiotics Institute Online -- U. of Toronto
Semiotics Webliography -- Martin Ryder, U. of Colorado, Denver

Ferdinand de Saussure -- Wikipedia

Ferdinand de Saussure -- Simon Ryan, Australian Catholic U.

Structuralism and Saussure -- Mary Klages, U. of Colorado, Boulder
brief summary of Saussure's Course on General Linguistics -- Michael Bryson, California State U., Northridge
"The Poet Who Could Smell Vowells" -- John E. Joseph, U. of Edinburgh, U. K.
notes on Saussure's Course on General Linguistics -- John William Phillips, The National U. of Singapore

"Does Saussure Still Matter?" -- Paul Bouissac, U. of Toronto
"Perspectives on Saussure" -- Paul Bouissac, U. of Toronto

Claude Levi-Strauss -- Wikipedia

"Claude Levi-Strauss: 'The Structural Study of Myth' and Other Structuralist Ideas" -- Mary Klages, U. of Colorado, Boulder
Claude Levi-Strauss -- Dougie Bicket, k.i.s.s. of the panopticon
Claude Levi-Strauss -- Simon Ryan, Australian Catholic U.
Claude Levi-Strauss -- Edmund Leach

Roland Barthes -- Wikipedia

Roland Barthes -- Dougie Bicket, k.i.s.s. of the panopticon
Roland Barthes -- Simon Ryan, Australian Catholic U.

Roland Barthes -- Petri Liukkonen and Ari Pesonen
Roland Barthes: Mythologies (1957) -- Tony McNeill, U. of Sunderland, U.K.
"'The Death of the Author' as an Instance of Theory" -- John Lye, Brock U., Canada
summary of Barthes's "From Work to Text" -- Timothy Quigley, The New School
"From Work to Text?" -- Lisa Smith, Brock U., Canada
module on Barthes as structuralist -- Dino Pelluga, Purdue U.

Louis Althusser -- Wikipedia

Louis Althusser -- Petri Liukkonen and Ari Pesonen

Louis Althusser -- Dougie Bicket, k.i.s.s. of the panopticon
Louis Althusser -- Daniel Chandler, U. of Wales, Aberystwyth
Louis Althusser -- Andy Blunden, Marxists. org
Louis Althusser's 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses -- Mary Klages, U. of Colorado, Boulder
Ideological State Apparatuses -- Richard Wolff, U. Massachusetts, Amherst
module on Althusser and Ideology/ISAs -- Dino Felluga, Purdue U.
summary of Althusser's ideas on ISAs -- Ron Strickland, Illinois State U.

Tzvetan Todorov -- Wikipedia

a short bio on Todorov
"Concern for the Truth" -- Tzvetan Todorov, Truthout
"Memory of Evil, Enticement to Good" -- Tzvetan Todorov, Eurozine

Chapter One from Todorov's Imperect Garden: The Legacy of Humanism -- Princeton U. P, 2002
"The Lunchbox and the Bomb" -- article by Todorov on Hiroshima (2003)

Hayden White -- Wikipedia

Hayden White for Absolute Beginners -- K. F. Hilliard, St. Peter's College, Oxford

notes on Metahistory -- Vicki Rea, Lehigh U.
notes on White's "The Historical Text as Literary Artifact" --
"Hayden White: Beyond Irony" -- Ewa Domanska, Adam Mickiewicz U., Poland
"Hayden White's Narrative Theory of Discovery" -- Craig Stroupe, U. of Minnesota, Duluth
"Stories About Stories About History: Hayden White, Historiography, and History Education" -- Jon A. Levisohn, Stanford U.

"Hayden White Talks Trash" -- interview with Frederick Aldama in Bad Subjects
"History as Fulfillment" -- talk by Hayden White (1999)
Hayden White bibliography