CL 48D.01
SpecialTopics: ReadingsAround, On , Withinthe Body:
Insciptions, Delusions, Transgressions
Assoc. Prof. Isil Bas
Tuesday 4-5 (NB Z12) ,Thursday 5 (TB 415)
ProfessorContactInformation:
Phone: 02123 596606
Office: TB425
Email:
Office hours: Wednesday13:00Thursday: 14:00 (byappointment)
Overthepasttwodecadesthere has beengrowinginterest in questionsconcerningembodiment. Inthiscoursewewillexplorethenature of humancorporeality as the site of inscriptions, delusionsandtransgressions from a variety of disciplinaryperspectives. Wewillstartbyanalyzingthetraditionalunderstanding of the body as theuntranscendental, self-evident, materialseat of the self andcontinuetoexaminethechallengestothisapproach in ideological, medicalandartisticconstructionsandreconstructions.
To succeed in thiscourse, youarerequiredtoattendclasses, keepupwiththeassignedreadingsandresponsepapers , participate in classdiscussions,ask questions, andthinkcritically.
AttendanceRequirements: Attendancerollwill be takenbeforeeveryclass. Ifyouneedtomiss a lectureformedicalreasons, pleaseprovidemewith a medicalcertificate.
Youwill be askedtowrite a responsepaperbeforeeachclass on theassignedreadings. I will be collectingthesepapersto put in yourindividualfiles. Therewill be no lateturninsfortheresponsepapers.
Grading:
ParticipationandResponsePapers: 20%
Midterm: 40%
Final: 40%
Week I: Feb. 7-9- Introduction
Week2: Feb. 14-16- Body Images:NeurophysiologyandCorporealMappingsfromVolatileBodies –ElizabethGrosz
Week 3: Feb.21-23 -TheIndividualandtheBody : Inscriptions
LivedBodies:PhenomenologyandtheFlesh-ElizabethGrosz
Week 4: Feb.28-March 2 - Delusions
DocilebodiesfromDisciplineandPunish: TheBirth of thePrison-Michael Foucault
We “OtherVictorians”, TheRepressiveHyphothesisandScientiaSexualisfromHistory of Sexuality-
Michael Foucault
Week 5: March 7-9 - Transgressions
TheGrotesque Body andItsSourcesfromRabelaisand His World-MichailBakhtin
DisgustandItsNeighboursandThick, Greasy LifefromTheAnatomy of Disgust-William
Ian Mille
Week 6: March 14-16- ApproachingAbjection- fromPowers of Horror -JuliaKristeva
TheGoblin Market-ChristinaRossetti(poetry)
Week7 : March 21-23- Frankenstein-MaryShelley (fiction)
Week 8: March 28-30 Dracula-Francis Ford Coppola (Film)
Week 9: April 4 Midterm
Week 10: April 11-13 - Perfume-Peter Suskind (Fiction)
Week 11: April 18-20 - Spring Break
Week 12: April 25-27- A Tale of TwoBodies:theCartesianCorpseandTheLived Body-DrewLeder
Week 13: May 2-4 - AboutWoundsfromExtremeBodies–FrancescaAlfonsoMiglieth
AboutDeathfromExtremeBodies
Week 14: May 9-11- TroubleEveryDay – ClairDennis (Film)
InMy Skin-Marina De Van (Film)