ENG 3014 Spring 2023 Faulk

We will read literary, literary-critical, and philosophy texts that explore how we think, how we know what we think we know, how we read, the problematic of writing, and the rules of governance for “disciplinary societies” and the new digital “societies of control.” Our reading will range from ancient Greek literature to the present day; a partial list includes Plato, Miguel de Cervantes, G.W.F Hegel, Jorge Luis Borges, W.E.B DuBois, Frantz Fanon, Shoshana Feldman, Judith Butler, Susan Sontag, William Burroughs, and Gilles Deleuze. Required Texts: Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Fatale, and Byung Chul-Han, The Burnout Society.