ENGL 32300 Marxism and Modern Culture
Designed for graduate students in the humanities, this course begins with fundamental texts on ideology and the critique of capitalist culture by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Gramsci, Althusser, Wilhelm Reich and Raymond Williams, before moving to Marxist aesthetics, from the orthodox Lukács to the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Benjamin) to the heterodox (Brecht), and concludes with contemporary debates around Marxism and imperialism (Lenin, Fanon, and others), and Marxism and media, including the internet. (20th/21st) This course will have a particular focus on guiding students through the conventions of academic writing in the Humanities.
MA and PhD students in Humanities disciplines only. Not suitable for the MAPSS program or for Social Science PhDs, no BA/MA