Martini Paula, Rodrigo
TR 9:35 AM
Park Hall 0259
ENGL 4825-59645 – Topics in Literary Theory
Posthumanism: How We Became Human
This course will provide an introduction to the recent conversations surrounding the fickle concept of the “human.” Through the reading of modernist and contemporary literature, we will analyze not only how humanity changes in light of technological and scientific advances, but also how our conception of “the human” tergiversates between the mechanical and the animal.
We will read three primary texts:
As well as shorter works of Futurist, Dada, and Surrealist art.
These works will help us frame and understand the lineages of posthumanist thought, which will constitute the bulk of the reading this semester: literary theory essays by Donna Haraway, Katherine Hayles, Cary Wolfe, Michel Foucault, Bruno Latour, Dominic Pettman, and others.