Course:		Literary Theories
Code:		IG533
Credit:		4 
Instructors:	Rd. Safrina 

Course Objectives:
•	to enhance familiarity with literature and language.
•	to encourage original thought and foster  understanding that engages disparate views of literary and critical theory. 
•	to analyze and explicate texts and apply selected literary critical theories. 
•	to learn to write and speak articulately about literature.
Course Content:
The course will acquaint students with selected literary theories.  The theories are selected based on their chronological significance and/or the thematic and circumstantial needs.  Literary texts from various genres will be used for students’ theoretical explorations which will be placed in the context of a postmodern culture.
Learning Activities:
Lectures and class discussions will be the major sites for the learning activities. 

Pre-requisites:
Foundations of Literature

Assessment:
Assessment will be based on the following aspect
Attendance: 
Students are expected to be in class. Four absences without serious cause may result in an "F" for the course.

Participation: 
Your participation in class discussion will count for 15% of your grade, so be prepared to talk. We will respect and consider all viewpoints in this class; your ideas are valued. If you find it difficult to make in-class comments, prepare questions to ask instead. Usually what confuses you, also confuses others in the class. 

Assignments: 

Quiz 1 (review)		
Quiz 2 (review)		
1 essay (on a directed topic)
1 final exam  (focus: TDA)

Grading:
Attendance		(tidak diberi bobot, karena ini wajib. Ini tiket untuk dapat ikut Final Test)	
Participation		15%
Quiz 1 (review)		20%
Essay (Mid Term)	30%
Final Test		35%

	                              100% - grades are highly circumstancial.

Weeks	
Topics	
Sources	

1	
Introduction to the course
Syllabus overview	
1.	Syllabus
2.	Handout/Powerpoint	

2,3	
What is Theory	
MS: Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials: “Why Theory?”	

4,5	
What is Literature and Does it matter?	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 18-41.
Reading Materials: Ben Zephaniah’s poems, Ogden Nash’s poems, Mishima’ short story “Patriotism”	

6,7	
Literature and Culture Studies	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 42-54.
Reading Materials: love poems across time	

8	
QUIZ  1 (Review)	

9,10	
Rhetoric, Poetics and Poetry 	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. .
Reading Materials: TDA	

11,12	
Narrative	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. .
Reading Materials: fairy tales, myths	

13,14	
Performative Language	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. .
Reading Materials:  play	

15,16	
Identity, Identification & the Subject	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials: Lupus	

17	
MID TERM TEST	

18,19	
A brief intro. to Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Phenomenology	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

20, 21	
Structuralism	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

22, 23	
Post-structuralism n Deconstruction	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

24, 25	
Feminism	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

26, 27	
Marxism	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

28, 29	
Postcolonialism	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

30, 31	
Ecocriticism	
MS: Culler, J. (2000) Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials	

32	
FINAL TEST	

	
	
References:
A.	Main Sources:
Culler, J. 2000. Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. 
B.	Other Relevant Sources:
Barry, Peter. 2002. Beginning Theory. UK: Manchester University Press.
Bressler, E. Charles. 1994. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Nealon, Jeffrey T and Susan Searls Giroux. 2003.The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the New Humanities. NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Lawall, Sarah (Eds.). 2003.  The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Second Edition. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2011 
McDonald, Paul. The Funny Side of Nature: Whitman, Ginsberg and America’s ‘Dark Poet in Vol 1, No 2 (2009): Poetic Ecologies 
Session	TopicS	Specific Objectives	Learning Activities	Evaluation 	Sources	
1	Introduction to the course
	Students are acquainted with the course’s objectives and expectations	discuss the syllabus	-		
2	What is Theory	Students understand the function and use of theory	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ;
Discuss a poem “Why Theory”
	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	MS: Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London. pp. 1-17.
Reading Materials: “Why Theory?”	
3						
4	What is Literature and Does it matter?	Students can identify features of literature and understand the role it plays in their life.	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ;
Read and discuss Mishima’s Patriotism	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	MS: Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Mishima’s Patriotism	
5						
6	Literature and Culture Studies	Students can identify the similarities and differences between  Literature and Culture Studies	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ;
Read and discuss Lupus	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	MS: Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Lupus	
7						
8	QUIZ   (Review)	
9	Rhetoric, Poetics and Poetry	Students identify and appreciate the effect of word choice in literary texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ; Read and discuss  selected poems
	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: selected poems
	
10						
11	Narrative	Students identify narrative structures and appreciate the role narrative plays in their kife	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ; Read and discuss  fairy tales and myths
	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: selected fairy tales/myths	
12						
13,14	Performative Language	Students identify and appreciate literature as an act or event	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ; Read and discuss a selected play or some selected poems	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Gogol’s Inspector General	
15,16	Identity, Identification & the Subject	Students identify and can explain the notions of  Identity, Identification & the Subject	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter ; Read and discuss “Lupus”	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials:  “Lupus”       	
17	MID TERM TEST	
18,19	A brief intro. to Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Phenomenology	Students can identify aspects of  Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Phenomenology	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
	
20, 21	Structuralism	Students can identify aspects of   Structuralism and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Victorian poems	
22, 23	Post-structuralism n Deconstruction	Students can identify aspects of   poststructuralism and/or deconstruction and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: selected contemporary poems 	
24, 25	Feminism	Students can identify aspects of    Feminism and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: short stories from selected women writers 	
26, 27	Marxism	Students can identify aspects of    Marxism and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Orwell’s 1984	
28, 29	Postcolonialism	Students can identify aspects of     Postcolonialism  and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Zephaniah’s poems or Achebe’s short stories	
30, 31	Ecocriticism	Students can identify aspects of     Ecocriticism and use them to analyse short texts	Students read  and discuss the assigned chapter	Classroom assessment on active  and meaningful participation in class discussions	Culler, J. (2000). Literary Theory: A very short introduction. OUP, London.
Reading Materials: Whitman, Ginsberg poems	
32	Final Assessment	
Under the instructors’ discretion, this syllabus is subject to change without prior notification.