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& POST-COLONIALISMS / For '.pdf' files (marked * above), Adobe
Acrobat is required. Description: In this course, we will begin
(Foundation Week: Semiotics) by exploring the radical
implications of Saussure’s critique of traditional models of
signification for conventional conceptions of cultural identity,
linguistic representation, and self-expression. We will then
read and discuss seminal essays representative of the following
Post-Structuralist schools of thought: In each module, we will
begin by exploring the philosophical framework of the school in
question before investigating its central critical concepts and
main interpretative strategies. In each module, we will also
compare key (Post-)Structuralist essays with seminal essays by
Feminist, Post-colonial, and African American theorists on the
same topic in order to show how many of the latter have also
engaged with Saussurean and post-Saussurean notions of
‘difference’ in an effort to reth