ENGL 490 (Schedule #25966)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Fall 2011
M 7-9:45pm :: Hibbs 440
Prof. David Golumbia
Office: 324D Hibbs Hall
Fall 2011 Office Hours: Weds 2-5pm
Senior Seminar
Contemporary Literature and Media
Schedule
| Week/Date | Theory Text | Primary Text | Other |
| Mon Aug 29 | "Introduction to Film," Community S01E03 | intro tosyllabus project | |
| Mon Sep 5 | no class; Labor Day | work on syllabus project online | |
| Mon Sep 12 | Jean Baudrillard, "The Precession of Simulacra" | The Real World S13E15, "The S#!T They Should've Shown" and "The Mad Real World" (Chappelle's Show) | finish syllabus project |
| Mon Sep 19 | Judith Butler, "Imitation and Gender Insubordination" | Ringer S01E01, "Pilot" | |
| Mon Sep 26 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, "Three Women's Texts and a Critique of Imperialism" | Pharmaceutical advertisements | |
| Mon Oct 3 | Edward Said, Culture and Imperialism, Chapter One | Gattaca | |
| Mon Oct 10 | Michel Foucault, "Governmentality" and "The Subject and Power" | Julian Barnes, England, England | |
| Mon Oct 17 | no class; instructor away | ||
| Mon Oct 24 | class cancelled | ||
| Mon Oct 31 | Fredric Jameson, "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism" | Call of Duty & other contemporary military-based games | |
| Mon Nov 7 | no class; instructor away | ||
| Mon Nov 14 | Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, "Rhizome" (Introduction to A Thousand Plateaus) | Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games | |
| Mon Nov 21 | Jacques Atali, "Repeating" (from Noise) | Harold Pinter, Betrayal | |
| Mon Nov 28 | Paolo Virno, "Virtuosity and Revolution" | The Social Network | |
| Mon Dec 5 | no reading | H8R, Gay, Straight or Taken, other reality shows tbd | Informal presentation of final projects |
Last updated November 8, 2011.