LITS3304 TERM PAPER 2005-2006

BASED ON MODULE ONE

Answer ONE (1) of the following questions, referring closely to the text(s) of the theorist in question:

1.    Compare the views of at least two of the following theorists on the nature of language:

Ferdinand de Saussure Course in General Linguistics
V. N. Volosinov Marxism and the Philosophy of Language
Michel Foucault The Archaeology of Knowledge (or "On the Archaeology of the Sciences: Response to the Epistemology Circle"); "Nietzche, Genealogy, History"

2.    Compare the views of at least two of the following theorists on the nature of the mind, the self, and subjectivity:

V. N. Volosinov Marxism and the Philosophy of Language
Louis Althusser "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses"
Michel Foucault "Nietzche, Genealogy, History"; "The Subject and Power"

3.    Compare the views of at least two of the following theorists on the nature of knowledge:

Louis Althusser "From Capital to Marx's Philosophy"
Michel Foucault Archaeology of Knowledge (or "On the Archaeology of the Sciences: Response to the Epistemology Circle"); "Nietzche, Genealogy, History"

4.    Compare the views of at least two of the following theorists on the nature of the social formation:

Louis Althusser "Contradiction and Overdetermination"
Michel Foucault "Two Lectures"; The History of Sexuality: an Introduction: Part IV "The Deployment of Sexuality" Ch. 2 "Method"

Please note that the essays listed above are only suggestions.  Please choose the ones which you find most suitable for answering the question which you have elected to answer. 

DEADLINE: 6 pm, Tuesday, March 28, 2005 [extended]

LENGTH: 7 pages maximum (typewritten, double-spaced)

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