Dylan Thomas, "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London"
Post-structuralism and Deconstruction
What is Poetry?;
Elements of Poetry;
Dylan Thomas, "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London (Contextualization)
Day 1: Overview of the course. Explanation of the evaluation process. Introduction to Poststructuralism. Differences between poststructuralism and structuralism.
Wrap up of New Historicism and overview of Cultural Materialism
Analysis of a literary text and a co-text from a New Historicist perspective.
Final review of Poststructuralism and introduction to New Historicism
Introduction to Struturalism and how it evolves towards a Poststructuralist perspective.
Chapter 3 Summary