Literary Theory

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1. What happened so far
After the linguistic turn literar...,
The categorical imperativeand the...,
Man and reason kant
13  cards
8. Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism and Feminism- Luce Irigaray-"Women on the Market"
Women on the market,
Naturalization reloaded,
Sex and gender
6  cards
7. Post-structuralism- Jacques Derrida-"Différance"
Differance,
Differance and language,
Differance and being
10  cards
9. Post-structuralism II: Jean-François Lyotard- "The Postmodern Condition "
Jean francois lyotard,
The postmodern condition,
Grand narratives and local narrat...
11  cards
12. Performance: Judith Butler-"Gender Trouble"
Performance,
Feminism and performance,
Naturalization revisited
16  cards
Continental Theory Summaries
Rene descartes 1596 1650,
David hume 1711 1776,
Georg wilhelm friedrich hegel 177...
29  cards
exam summaries
Friedreich nietzsche 1873 truth a...,
Ferdinand de saussure 1916 course...,
Claude levi strauss 1955 the stru...
12  cards
7. Post-structuralism- Jacques Derrida-“Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences”
Structure sign and play in the di...,
Enter the center,
Thinking the structurality of str...
10  cards
8. Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism and Feminism- Jacques Lacan-"The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I"
Jacques lacan,
The mirror stage,
The symbolic order
5  cards
8. Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism and Feminism- Jacques Lacan-"The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious"
The instance of the letter in the...,
Dreams,
Signifier signified
5  cards
8. Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism and Feminism- Heléne Cixous-"The Newly Born Woman"
Helele cixous,
The new born woman,
Creation and invention
6  cards
8. Psychoanalysis, Post-structuralism and Feminism- Luce Irigaray-"The Power of Discourse and The Subordination of The Female"
The power of discourse and the su...,
Mimicry,
Deconstructing male discourse
3  cards
9. Post-structuralism II: Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat”
The sublime and deconstruction st...,
Naturalism,
Naturalism the sublime and authen...
8  cards
key terms
Identity,
Deconstruction,
Drives
15  cards

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