Some of us decided that next year's syllabus should be decided by our cohort.
Three themes were suggested:
1. Texts that have an impact.
2. Texts published/released within the last 12 months (i.e. Agamben _Nudities_)
Two students can put forth readings per class, and since plenty of professors at the UofA seem to like this sort of collaboration, i think it fits perfectly with the aims of the course.
good day.
Are we supposed to chose texts or literature?
ReplyDeleteNeither: we should use only theory, which theoretically speaking, can be both and neither simultaneously.
ReplyDeletealso, i realize I wrote "three" themes and then only provided two.
We should discuss this before the end of the term - perhaps at the last meeting this year - but should do so with Stephen Slemon present. He will be one of the faculty members involved in the PhD colloquium next year.
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