Course: Doctoral Seminar 4 - Post-structuralism and Postmodernism

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Course title Doctoral Seminar 4 - Post-structuralism and Postmodernism
Course code KGN/92BS4
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krappmann Joerg, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Post-structuralism and post-modernism are umbrella terms for an entire range of, in all actuality, fairly differing theories: deconstruction (Derrida), discourse analysis (Foucault), intertextuality (Kristeva), structural psychoanalysis (Lacan), etc. In this seminar, it is demonstrated from when and under what circumstances post-structuralism had evolved from structuralist varieties (Roland Barthes). The linking element of all post-structuralist methods is the connection to de Saussure´s understanding of language, although the double arbitrariness of the sign is being criticised (superiority of the signifier). This generally involves a partial revival of the referent, which merely plays a passive role in de Saussure´s triade in the theory of signs. Hence, the differences between post-structuralist and semiotic models become more obvious. Finally, the course presents the consequences of post-structuralism with regard to philosophy of language and the logic of argumentation (Searle, Quine).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Post-structuralism and post-modernism are umbrella terms for an entire range of, in all actuality, fairly differing theories: deconstruction (Derrida), discourse analysis (Foucault), intertextuality (Kristeva), structural psychoanalysis (Lacan), etc. In this seminar, it is demonstrated from when and under what circumstances post-structuralism had evolved from structuralist varieties (Roland Barthes).

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Dialog

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