ENGL 569
Theory
Winter 2027 · ENGL 569 LEC B1: Theory - Forms of Refusal; M. Litwack · Course preview · Future term
Topics
- Political refusal
- Ethics
- Critical theory
Readings
- They Do Not Exist (Lays lahum wujud). Directed by Mustafa Abu Ali, 1974.
- Blanchot, Maurice. “Refusal.” 1958.
- Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha. The Jewelers of the Ummah: A Potential History of the Jewish Muslim World. 2024. Excerpts.
- Agamben. Creation and Anarchy.
- Badiou. Saint Paul.
- Benjamin. “Critique of Violence.”
- Bradley. Anteaesthetics.
- Derrida. “Whom to Give to (Knowing Not to Know).”
- Du Bois. John Brown; “The General Strike.”
- Edelman. Bad Education.
- Gana. Melancholy Acts.
- Han. Mu, 49 Marks of Abolition.
- Hartman. “Redressing the Pained Body”; “The Belly of the World.”
- Invisible Committee. To Our Friends.
- Lacan. Seminar VII.
- Marriott. “On Decadence”; “On Revolutionary Suicide.”
- McNulty. “The Event of the Letter.”
- Moten. “Erotics of Fugitivity”; with Harney, All Incomplete.
- Omar. “Bleeding Forms.”
- Sacks. Poeticality.
- Said. “In Defense of Lost Causes.”
- Shariʿati. “Shahadat.”
- Simpson. Mohawk Interruptus.
- Taubes. Political Theology of Paul.
- Terada. Metaracial.
- Tronti. “The Strategy of Refusal.”
- Weinbaum. “Gendering the General Strike.”
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- ENGL 567 LEC A1: Literary History - Mysticism, Hunger, and the Irish Gothic; R. Brazeau ↗2026
- ENGL 569 THEORY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- ENGL 569 THEORY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- ENGL 569 THEORY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- ENGL 569 THEORY · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- First three items assigned for preparation; remaining list introduced with “Readings may include.” Published preview for a future term as of retrieval; reading choices may change.