Lecture 15: The Postmodern Psyche (ENGL 300)
This lecture defines postmodernism and explores the work of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Slavoj Žižek. It elucidates rhizomatic thinking and Žižek's film criticism concerning desire, linking it to Lacanian theory.
Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300)
In this lecture on the postmodern psyche, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari. and Slavoj Žižek. The notion of the "postmodern" is defined through the use of examples in the visual arts and architecture. Deleuze and Guattari's theory of "rhizomatic" thinking and their intellectual debts are elucidated. Žižek's film criticism, focused on the relation between desire and need, is explored in connection with Lacan.
Lecture 14: Influence (ENGL 300)
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