SPAN 2226 Readings in Cultural Theory: Marxist Literary and Cultural Criticism Instructor: John Beverley Syllabus January 10 introduction, Concepts of Mode of Production, capital, exploitation, bas€ and superstructure, ‘Texts from Capital vol. 1 (copies). 17 ‘Theieoncept of superstructuréWeveloped, Two examples: Georg Lukacs, Theory of the Novel, part 1 (Teoria de la novela) ~Beverley; Fredric Jameson, “Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” (the essay not the book—an English version is in the same-named book or New Left Review, a Spanish version in Casa de las Americas) 1. 24 ‘WUKEES: essay on “Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat,” in History and Class Consciousness (cero que existe una version en castellano); Lukacs’s critique of modernism (in Engli “The Ideology of Modernism” in various web versions }~see also e.g. Lukacs's essay on Kafka or Mann 2. Bonde + 31 THe!Franikfur'Sthiool? Adorno and Benjamin. introduction to the work of the School and Adorno. (Adorno, introductory section of the Philosophy of Modern Music) 3; Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”; “Theses on the Philosophy of History” 4. February 7 AntonioGramse, the concept of hegemony. Read in The Prison Notebooks (Cuadernos de la carcel) 5. 14 ‘LouisAlthuisser. The concept of structure in Saussure and Freud (copies). Althusser: “Marxism and Humanism ( from For Marx/Para Marx); “Notes on Ideology” (Notas sobre ideologia: existe en ‘muchas versiones, cualquiera puede server) 6. 21 “Mankand/FreUd: Jacques Lacan, "The Mirror Stage" (en Ecrits/Escritos ). Herbert Marcuse, Eros and Civilization 7. 28 Third World Marxisims: The National Question. Have a look at Lenin, Imperialism. Fredric Jameson, “Third World Literature in the Age of Multinational Capitalism” —where the concept of“national allegory “ is developed—and the famous response by Aijaz Ahmad, “Jameson's Rhetoric of Otherness" in his book In Theory 8. March 7 break 14 (Marist afi SRREEIGAIAISM: Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth, particularly the chapter on Violence 9; José Maridtegui. Siete Ensayos sobre la realidad peruana 10 (selections). ist part of La hora de los hornos (film); selections from third part of Lucia . 21 Dependen 28 Contemporary Latin American Marxismis and post RRaPNISMS: Garcia Linera; Ernesto Laclau, “Towards a Theory of Populism” (Hacia una teoria del populismo). 11. Badiou (Bruno Bosteels), Hardt y Negri, Empire. Others? April 4 iviarxismafid Feminism, Friedrich Engels, the Origins of the Family, Private Property , ond the State. 12 Gayatri Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” 11 Cultural Revoltion selections from Bernardo Bertolucci di, Chung Kuo China (documentary fon the Chinese Cultural Revolution) 18 _sketches/bosquejos of final paper 25 sketches/bosquejos. Final papers due in class. Requirements: one presentation to class on assigned topic (40 minutes); presentation of topic of paper toclass (15 minutes) ; final paper (10-15 pages). You should be able to find most of the readings in English and Spanish through the Web. Or at Hillman. | can try to help if you can’t find something you need, My office hours will probably be Mondays 4-6, 1309 CL.