English 190

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This research seminar will focus on how the concept of ideology historically has been employed by literary and cultural critics. During the first half of the semester, the reading material will include major theoretical statements on the meaning and significance of ideology. In the second half of the semester, we’ll ground our theoretical explorations by reading several short stories that will likely include works by James Baldwin, John Berger, Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, Mahasweta Devi, Isak Dinesen, Andre Dubus, Marguerite Duras, Ralph Ellison, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Gabriel García Márquez, Flannery O’Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, David Quammen, Manuel Rojas, Dylan Thomas, and Richard Wright. In reading these works, we’ll aim to identify the ideology of characters, subjects, systems, and texts. Students will be required to write a research paper and give an oral presentation. All reading materials will be available in two course readers and on bCourses.

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