ENGL 221
Reading Class and Ideology
Fall 2026 · ENGL 221 LEC A1: Reading Class and Ideology; C. Sale · Course preview
Topics
- Class and ideology
- Capitalism
- Ecological futures
Readings
- Shakespeare, William. Hamlet.
- Marx and Engels. The German Ideology. 1845/1846. Excerpts.
- Marx. Capital. 1867. Excerpts.
- DeBord. Society of the Spectacle. 1967. Excerpts.
- Derrida. Specters of Marx. 1993. Excerpts.
- Althusser. On the Reproduction of Capitalism. 1995. Excerpts.
- Virno, Paolo. Grammar of the Multitude. 2006. Excerpts.
- Mau, Soren. Mute Compulsion. 2023. Excerpts.
- Robinson, Kim Stanley. The Ministry for the Future. 2020.
- Wilde, Oscar. “Soul of Man Under Socialism.” 1891.
- Graeber, David, and David Wengrow. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. 2021. Selections.
- Hickel, Jason. Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. 2020. Selections.
- Whitney, Isabella. “Wyll to London.” 1573.
- Hamlet. Directed by Michael Almereyda, 2000. Film.
- The Corporation. Joel Bakan, Harold Crooks, and Mark Achbar, 2003. Film.