AJ26066 Molecular Perceptions: Prynne, Deleuze

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Tue 18:20–19:55 G32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will look at aspects of the work of the British poet J. H. Prynne and aspects of collaborative work in philosophy and the study of culture by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.The aim of the course will be to consider how the writers concerned negotiate and dramatise complexity in the contemporary world.
Syllabus
  • Lesson1 Feb.17:: Introductory Lesson2:Feb.24: Prynne:Kitchen Poems;D&G: Rhizome (ATP) Lesson3:Mar 3: Prynne Kitchen Poems (2) Rhizome (2); Lesson4:Mar 10: Prynne:The White Stones ;D&G : The Geology of Morals Lesson5:Mar.17: Prynne:Brass(1);D&G:Postulates of Linguistics Lesson6: Mar 24:Prynne:Brass(2); D&G: Micropolitics and Segmentarity (ATP) Lesson7: Mar.31: Prynne: Wound Response (1);D&G:Becoming-Intense, Becoming-Animal,Becoming-Imperceptible...(ATP) Lesson 8:April 7:READING WEEK: NO LESSON Lesson9: April 14th:Prynne:;Wound Response (2)D&G:Of The Refrain (ATP) Lesson10: April 21st:Prynne: The Oval Window(1);D&G:Treatise on Nomadology-The War Machine (ATP) Lesson11:April 28th:Prynne: The Oval Window (2);D&G: Apparatus of Capture(ATP);Introduction, Philosophy(WIP) Lesson12:May 5th:Prynne:Word Order/Bands Around the Throat/Her Wild Weasels Returning;D&G:The Smooth and The Striated (ATP); Philosphy,Science, Logic & Art(WIP) Lesson13:May 12th:Prynne:Red D Gypsum/ Triodes;D&G: Conclusion (ATP) Conclusion: From Chaos to the Brain (WIP)
Literature
  • Prynne. J.H. Poems Bloodaxe Tarset Northumberland 2005
  • Delueuze, Gilles & Guattari, Felix What Is Philosophy London Verso 1994
  • Prynne J.H. Furtherance Great Barrington MA 1994
  • Deleuze, Gilles & guattari, Felix A Thousand Plateaus London The Athlone Press 1988
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed by attendance and oral contribution at seminars (30%), response paper (20%) and essay (50%). Teaching by close reading and class discussion.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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