Interpretation and Theory

This course will present major French authors whose work have help to create Literary and Drama Theory in America. Among the authors we will devote a special interest to the work of Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Luce Irigaray, Gilles Deleuze, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Rancière and Alain Badiou. Paralellism between the interpretation of drama and the interpretation of painting will constitute the core of this course.