Bartleby & Co.: Radical Passivity in Literature and Theory - Single View

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Type of Course	Seminar	Number	3201
Hours per week in term	2	Term	SoSe 2015
Department	Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik	Language	englisch
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application period	01.04.2015 - 20.05.2015 enrollment

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		Day	Time	Frequency	Duration	Room	Lecturer	Canceled/rescheduled on	Max. participants
	Seminar	Di	14:00 to 16:00	wöchentlich	14.04.2015 to 21.07.2015	1.19.0.31	Prof. Dr. Wiemann		30

Description	I would prefer not to: The protagonist in Herman Melvilles "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) stubbornly refuses to cooperate and even to act at all. As an embodiment of radical passivity, Bartleby has become a cultural icon cherished by hipsters and slackers as much as by occupy activists. At the same time, critical theorists of discrepant schools ranging from deconstruction to marxism and queer theory have offered rich readings of Melvilles story that open up interesting avenues for seminar discussions on questions of agency, resistance and the difficulties of doing nothing. Readings will include texts by Jacques Derrida, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Zizek, Lee Edelman, Gilles Deleuze, and Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt. Literature: Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street. A (voluminous!!) corpus of theoretical writings will be made available on moodle at the beginning of the term. Grading and creditation: 3 CPs for regular and active participation and a session chair.

Description

I would prefer not to: The protagonist in Herman Melvilles "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) stubbornly refuses to cooperate and even to act at all. As an embodiment of radical passivity, Bartleby has become a cultural icon cherished by hipsters and slackers as much as by occupy activists. At the same time, critical theorists of discrepant schools ranging from deconstruction to marxism and queer theory have offered rich readings of Melvilles story that open up interesting avenues for seminar discussions on questions of agency, resistance and the difficulties of doing nothing. Readings will include texts by Jacques Derrida, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Zizek, Lee Edelman, Gilles Deleuze, and Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt.

Literature:
Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street.
A (voluminous!!) corpus of theoretical writings will be made available on moodle at the beginning of the term.

Grading and creditation:
3 CPs for regular and active participation and a session chair.

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