Theory of the Novel
Instructors: Armstrong and Garréta
Intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who want to pursue some area of novel, fiction, or narrative studies, this course examines a set of concepts that should provide them access to 1) the modes of thinking that characterize novels across the modern and contemporary periods and several different national traditions, 2) the various ways that critical theory has defined those concepts, and 3) reading the novel as a concept-driven argument in relation to other disciplinary discourses, especially critical theory.
The course begins by considering a long and robust tradition of critical theory focused on the novel. Why does the attempt to think about the modern world in dialectical terms encounter some kind of historical limit where that thinking stalls or breaks down? On what basis do novels nevertheless continue to be written, taught in classrooms, and circulated for the pleasure and edification of literat
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Virgil Abloh to Deliver Keynote Address at Rhode Island School of Design 2021 Commencement
Abloh, architect Elizabeth Diller, OBEY Giant founder Shepard Fairey and playwright Lynn Nottage will receive honorary degrees
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Saturday, June 5, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will award degrees to 403 undergraduate and 212 graduate students, celebrating the achievements and perseverance of the Class of 2021. The day will begin with a fully virtual speaking and awards program at 10 am ET, followed by an in-person degree conferral at 2 pm ET on South Water Street in Providence. Due to continued COVID-19 health and safety protocols regarding allowable gathering sizes, families and friends are invited to watch both parts of the celebration remotely via Livestream at commencement.risd.edu.