"Lec 17 - The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory" Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) This first lecture on social theories of art and artistic production examines the Frankfurt School. The theoretical writings of Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin are explored in historical and political contexts, including Marxism, socialist realism, and late capitalism. The concept of mechanical reproduction, specifically the relationship between labor and art, is explained at some length. Adorno's opposition to this argument, and his own position, are explained. The lecture concludes with a discussion of Benjamin's perspective on the use of distraction and shock in the process of aesthetic revelation. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Marx, Engels, and Ideology 09:46 - Chapter 2. The Aesthetics of Marxist Criticism 19:58 - Chapter 3. Adorno, the Work of Art, and Collectivity 27:54 - Chapter 4. Bloch's Principle of Hope 31:09 - Chapter 5. Benjamin and Mechanical Reproduction 37:54 - Chapter 6. Adorno and Conformism 41:01 - Chapter 7. Benjamin, the Spectator, and Distraction Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2009.
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Lec 1 - Introduction - Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lec 3 - Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle
Lec 5 - The Idea of the Autonomous Artwork
Lec 6 - The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms
Lec 8 - Semiotics and Structuralism
Lec 9 - Linguistics and Literature
Lec 13 - Jacques Lacan in Theory
Lec 15 - The Postmodern Psyche
Lec 16 - The Social Permeability of Reader and Text
Lec 18 - The Political Unconscious
Lec 20 - The Classical Feminist Tradition
Lec 21 - African-American Criticism
Lec 22 - Post-Colonial Criticism
Lec 23 - Queer Theory and Gender Performativity
Lec 24 - The Institutional Construction of Literary Study