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english 548 ~ spring 2009 Course schedule

Course description[W]e do not live in a kind of void, inside of which we could

place individuals and things We do not live inside a void thatcould !e colored !" diverse shades of light, we live inside a seof relations that delineates sites which are irreduci!le to oneanother and a!solutel" not superi#posa!le on one another

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'n literar" and cultural studies, the last twodecades have !een increasingl" concerned withthe wa"s in which space and place infor#aesthetics, culture, and politics (his course willatte#pt an overview of so#e of the thinkers,the#es, and issues that ani#ate this !roadl"interdisciplinar" ne)us of in*uir"

Wh" the turn to place and space+ %an" of thesocial and political issues that have !eco#eincreasingl" central within literar" studies have afunda#entall" spatial di#ension, includingnationalis#, i#perialis# and colonialis#- culturaglo!ali.ation- gender and se)ualit"- ur!ani.ation-digital cultures, and environ#entalis# andecopoetics /pace, #oreover, has argua!l"proven to !e a #ore fruitful foundation than ti#eor histor" for the interweaving of connections!etween dierent disciplines and #odes ofin*uir"

While the nature of the course will !e

interdisciplinar", drawing upon philosoph",geograph", sociolog", anthropolog", andarchitecture, we will take care to understand howthese #an" dierent disciplines and discoursescan infor# literar" studies 1iterature speakscentrall" to the #an" issues involved in spatialstudies, !ut literar" language also draws attentioto its fraught relationship with space and placedoes a poe# create a place in fullness andrichness or does it #erel" signif" the gap !etweelanguage and place+ oes a novel acco#plish akind of co#prehensive 3worlding3 or does itinevita!l" fall short of its pro#ise of

presence+ 1iterature thus functions as a rich andco#ple) site for the anal"sis of space and place

1iterature, of course, is onl" one a#ong #an"

space &place

in theor", literature, culture

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3spatial3 for#s of art We will also consider other#edia as vehicles for the aesthetic e)pression ofplace and space, including >l#, photograph",painting, sculpture, architecture, and #usic

Texts

6enri 1efe!vre, The Production of Space

(i#oth" ?resswell, Place: A Short Introduction

:ther readings to !e distri!uted !" #e

Seminar paper

@oughl" rst draft an essa" to !e su!#itted to a Bournal or apreli#inar" section of a thesis or dissertation Aouare free to choose a topic and approach, as long ait clearl" engages with a signi>cant the#e orthe#es of the course Aou should su!#it a !rief C2 pagesD prospectus with a working !i!liograph" nlater thanApril 13Project Presentation

uring the >nal class #eeting, on April 27, "ou w#ake a 0$5 #inute presentation on the topic of"our se#inar paper (his will serve two purposes disse#inate "our own work to the class and topro#pt a discussion that will Cideall"D help "ou inco#pleting the proBect

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@oughl" cation #a" #ean that re*uestedacco##odations #ight not !e availa!le llacco##odations #ust !e approved through theisa!ilit" @esource ?enter C@?D located in the

#eadins

Gecause this course approaches a ne)us ofrelated theoretical issues in an

interdisciplinar", s"nthetic wa", there is noneatl" de>ned corpus of writings that

circu#scri!es the topic at hand (he#aterial will draw upon discourses and

disciplines that, #ore often than not, haveno e)plicit connection to literar" studies

geograph", philosoph", architecture,anthropolog", and sociolog", to na#e a

few s such Cto !orrow a distinction #ade!" ac*ues erridaD, we will

!ericoleurs rather than engineers, using thetools at hand to the !est of our a!ilities

rather than !uilding a theoretical edi>cefro# the ground up s "ou read, then, tr"not to worr" too #uch a!out #aster", and

instead focus on an" new thoughts orconnections suggested !" the

readings lso, ' have, as #uch as possi!le,atte#pted to frontload the reading such that

the load is heavier at the !eginning of these#ester, and Cco#parativel"D lighter as we

#ove into the later weeks

!iscussion openers $ short papers

Hach of "ou will sign up for two dierentweeks during which "ou will #ake so#e !rief

re#arks and o!servations that open up atleast one of the weekIs readings for

discussion C"ou do not need to accountforall of the assigned te)tsD @ather than!egin within the a!stractions of theor", '

want the discussions to have so#e te)tualtouchstone What ' have in #ind is this no

later than the (hursda" !efore "ourpresentation, "ou will distri!ute so#e sort ofpri#ar" te)t that we will discuss in dialoguewith the weekIs readings (his te)t should,

a!ove all, !e rief so#ething along the linesa poe# or series of short poe#s, a Cver"D

short stor", or a short e)cerpt fro# a longernarrative 'f the te)t is e)cerpted fro# a

longer work, "ou should give enough conte)tto orient the rest of us (he te)t need not !ee)plicitl" literar", either- painting, sculpture,

#usic, photograph", >l#, or other #ediawould work as well (he success of this

assign#ent depends upon "our previewingthe weekIs reading enough to ena!le "ou to

choose a te)t that will 3pair3 well with theweekIs theoretical readings lso, "ou

should distri!ute "our te)t to the class !"converting "our te)t into a pdf >le that can

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!e e$#ailed to the class Cpreferred, and theo;ce sta can do this fro# the copierD Aoushould have this out to the rest of the class

no later than (hursda" afternoon

Within a week after "our presentation, "ou

will turn in a !rief C7$5 pageD paper thatanal".es "our te)t in relation to so#e of thethe#es or *uestions that have co#e out of

the weekIs reading and discussion Aou cancertainl" think of these short papers as a

venue for working out issues that "ou wishto e)plore in "our se#inar paper

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Course scheduleCsu!Bect to #inor changesD

2 an

Course introduction

(hinking a!out trees

%odernit" and the hidden #oralities of space and place

9 an %& C'ASS ( M') *&'+!A,

2< an

Place and space- de.nitions and pro"lems

(i# ?resswell, Place: A Short Introduction, chapters $2

6enri 1efe!vre, The Production of Space, chapter and chapter 2 Csections '$J''D

Ai$&u (uan, 3'ntroduction3 and 3H)periential Ferspective,3 fro# Space and Place

%ichel &oucault, 3:f :ther /paces3

avid 6arve", 3&ro# /pace to Flace and Gack gain @eKections on the?ondition of Fost#odernit"3

iscussion :pener Leta, ulie

2 &e!

*ere/ there/ e0eryhere- representin the local $ the lo"al

&redric a#eson, 3(he ?ultural 1ogic of 1ate ?apitalis#3

rBun ppadurai, 3isBuncture and ierence in the Mlo!al ?ultural Hcono#"3

?resswell, Place: An Introduction, chapter 7 Cincluding oreen %asse"Is 3Mlo!al /ense of Flace3D

6illis %iller, 3'ntroduction,3 fro# Topographies

(i#oth" %orton, 3(he rt of Hnviron#ental 1anguage,3 fro# !colog" without#ature: $ethin%ing !n&iron'ental Aesthetics

iscussion :pener Geatrice

9 &e!

Genderin place $ space

1inda %cowell, 3/patiali.ing &e#inis#3

oreen %asse", 3 Flace ?alled 6o#e+3 fro# Space( Place( and )ender

Millian @ose, 3Lo Flace for Wo#en+3 fro# *e'inis' and )eograph"

@ose#ar" %arangol" Meorge, 36o#e$?ountries Larratives cross isciplines,3fro# The Politics of +o'e

iscussion :pener 1isa

< &e! %& C'ASS ( P#S+!%TS !A, *&'+!A,

27 &e! nlihtenment space $ place

1efe!vre, The Production of Space, chapter 4

Hdward ?ase", 3%odern /pace as /ite and Foint,3 fro# The *ate of Place

@enN escartes, 3/i)th %editation,3 fro# ,editations on *irst Philosoph"

/usan Gordo, 3(he ?artesian %asculini.ation of (hought3

%ichel &oucault, O(he H"e of Fower,P fro# Power/-nowledge

iscussion :pener /eth

2 %ar

Spaces o poer- landscape/ map/ narrati0e

Hdward /aid, 3Larrative and /ocial /pace3 and 3(he#es of @esistance ?ulture,3fro#ulture and I'perialis'

G 6arle", 3%aps, Qnowledge, and Fower,3 fro# The #ew #ature of ,aps

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