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<title>Economic/SocioPolitical Lens: Marxism </title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>The Neurotic Mind: Psychoanalytical Criticism </title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>When Context &gt; Text &amp; Reader: New Historicism (Cultural Materialism) / Cultural Studies</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Playing with Contradictions in the System: Deconstruction</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>Fencing the Drama of August Wilson</title>
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<title>William Golding's _Lord of the Flies_ </title>
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&lt;p&gt;18 February 2012&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ENG 435 Students (of Spring 2012),&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please submit your application papers for William Golding's _Lord of the Flies_ in the comment box of this blog.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dr. Hobbs&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:51:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>George Orwell's _1984_</title>
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&lt;p&gt;18 February 2012&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ENG 435 Students (of Spring 2012),&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please submit your application papers for George Orwell's _1984_ in the comment box of this blog.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dr. Hobbs&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:49:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bisecting Beowulf: Dividing What You've Seen and What You've Read</title>
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&lt;strong&gt;CAPTION: The Death of Beowulf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:38:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Systems Overload: Structuralism</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image Source=http://macdonaldbranding.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;/p&gt;
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<title>Rankin/Bass's Adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's _The Hobbit_</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;The Hobbit. Dirs. Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. Perf. Orson Bean, John Huston, et al. Rankin/Bass, 1977. DVD.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:29:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What's So 'Great' About Fitzgerald's _Gatsby_?</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fitzgerald, F. Scott. &lt;em&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/em&gt;. 1925.  New York: Scribner, 2004.  ISBN: 9780743273565&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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<title>When the READER is &gt; the Text or the Author: Reader-Response and Reception Theory</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;br /&gt;
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<title>Have You Been Living Under a Rock?--Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'</title>
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<category>Literature</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Weighing In Milan Kundera's _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kundera, Milan. &lt;em&gt;The Unbearable Lightness of Being&lt;/em&gt;. 1984. New York: Harper Perennial, 2008.  ISBN: 0061686697. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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<category>Literature</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>When the TEXT Itself is &gt; the Reader &amp; the Author: Russian Formalism &amp; New Criticism</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Habib, M.A.R. &lt;em&gt;A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present&lt;/em&gt;. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN:0-631-23200-1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lynn, Steven.  &lt;em&gt;Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory&lt;/em&gt;.  5th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. ISBN: 032144907X.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rivkin, Julie and Michael Ryan, eds.  &lt;em&gt;Literary Theory: An Anthology&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 1405106964.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tyson, Lois. &lt;em&gt;Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide&lt;/em&gt;. 2nd ed.  New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0415974100.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[These are our four primary course texts on theory. The Rivkin and Ryan anthology contains your collection of primary sources about literary theory as written by the pioneers and theorists who helped develop them. Use the articles from the anthology (and any others I publish for you on our &lt;a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/hobbseng435" target=blank&gt;course libguides page&lt;/a&gt;) as your primary sources for your final mock conference papers].&lt;br /&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:19:40 -0500</pubDate>
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