Postmodernism-Assignments

Current Assignments for Postmodernism (Fall 2001)

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Current Assignments

Thurs., Dec., 6: Rorty, On Lyotard and Habermas (on-line)

Previous Assignments

Tues., Dec., 4: Rorty, Science as Solidarity (on-line) + We will finish discussing Lyotard reading
Thurs., Nov., 29: Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, pp. 27-47; 60-67
Tues., Nov., 27: Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, pp. 6-27
Tues., Nov., 20: Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, pp. xxiii-xxv; + pp. 3-6
Thurs., Nov., 15: Foucault, History of Sexuality, (Photocopies are in mailboxes--Jamie can find his outside my office)
Tues., Nov., 13: Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 195-228; 293-308
Thurs., Nov., 8: Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 135-194.
Tues., Nov., 6: Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 73-131.
Thurs., Nov., 1: Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 32-69. [Talk on Postmodernism @ Grinnell--leave @ 2:45 PM]
Tues., Oct. 30: Philosophy lecture--M. Ruse, "Is Darwinianism a Social Construction?" Kessler Rm. (Hickok) 2:30 PM
Tues., Oct., 30: Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 3-31.
Mon., Oct. 29: Post paper drafts to "Posted Work" website.
Thurs., Oct. 25: Derrida, The Postcard, finish the selection.
Tues., Oct. 23: Derrida, The Postcard, read at least through p. 19 (Photocopies are in mailboxes--Jamie can find his outside my office)
Thurs., Oct. 18: Jacques Derrida, "Plato's Pharmacy" (on-line)
Tues., Oct. 16: Jacques Derrida, "Structure, Sign and Play" (on-line)
Thurs., Oct. 11: (Meet in Engle Rm) [no reading]
Tues., Oct. 9: QUIZ (Meet in Morris); Bring description of paper project
Thurs., Oct. 4: Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveler (finish the novel)
Thurs., Sept. 27: Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveler (pp. 1-53 minimum)
Tues., Sept. 25: John Barth, "The Literature of Replenishment" (on-line)

also: John Barth, "Lost in the Funhouse" (on-line)

Thurs., Sept. 20: No new reading, but let's meet @ 12:00 noon in Hickok
Tues., Sept. 18: Heinrich Klotz, "The History of Postmodern Architecture" (on-line) +
Diane Ghirardo, "Architecture After Modernism" (on-line) (There will be no "field trip" after class.)
Thurs., Sept. 13: Jencks, What Is Postmodernism?, pp. 11-61
Tues., Sept. 11: No classes
Thurs., Sept. 6: Witt, et.al, "Modernism in Art and Architecture" (on-line)

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