16280

WiSe 22/23: Introduction to the methodology of modern literary studies with focus on gender studies

Omid Sadeghi Seraji

Comments

Bad news about academia: there is no way to circumvent the “Methodology”. Good news: it is not so scary as its name suggests! And, if you are interested in gender studies, you ought to orientate yourself according to those high names functioning as lighthouses in this field: Hegel, Lacan, de Beauvoir, Butler, etc. In this curse we try to order the “rule makers” and “rule breakers” in a narrative, using the tragedy “Antigone” of Sophocles as a canonical text, to which all these grate names refer in one or other way. This would be not the most comprehensive, but probably a more interesting approach to the not so tempting term “Methodology” in case of gender studies. We will try to implement gendering Methodologies in the Framework of Byzantine Studies. Each session of theoretical debate is followed by a text reading session and following discussions to proof the validity and viability of theories and texts in the realm of Byzantine studies. Teaching language would be adjusted to students’ preference. Being acquainted with philosophy is not the requirement, but the agenda. Syllabus: i. Meet and learn about ii. Antigone - Paradigm iii. Hegel iv. Reading: Phänomenologie v. Lacan vi. Text: Seminar IX vii. Judith Butler – Antigone’s Claim viii. Luce Irigaray – Speculum of the other woman ix. Cecilia Sjöholm – Antigone‘s Complex x. Simone de Beauvoir – The second sex xi. Fatima Mernissi xii. Reading: Scheherazade Goes West xiii. Spivak xiv. Reading: Can the subaltern speak? xv. Rafia Zakaria – Against the white feminism xvi. Conclusion References Sophokles. (1974). Antigone. Frankfurt am Main: Insel Taschenbuchverlag Hegel. (1986). Phänomenologie des Geistes. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag. Miller, J.-A. (1992). The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: 1959-1960: The seminar of Jacques Lacan: Book VII. Tavistock/Routledge. Butler, J. (2000). Antigone's Claim: Kinship between Life and Death. New York: Columbia University Press. Irigaray, L. (1985). The Eternal Irony of the Community. In L. Irigaray, Speculum of the Other Woman (S. 214 - 226). New York: Cornell University Press. Sjöholm, C. (2004). The Antigone Complex. Ethics and the Invention of Feminine Desire. California: Stanford University Press. Mernissi, F. (2001) Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems. NY: WSP Spivak, G. (2020). Can the Subaltern Speak? Postkolonialität und subalterne Artikulation. Wien: Verlag Thuria+Kant Zakaria, R. (2021). Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption. NY: W.W. Norton & Company close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 18:00 - 20:00 16 Class schedule

Tue, 2022-10-18 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Omid Sadeghi Seraji