Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writers literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence.
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Jane Gallopová je uznávanou profesorkou anglické a komparativní literatury, která se proslavila svou neotřelou aplikací metody úzkého čtení na teoretické texty. Její rozsáhlá práce se věnuje průniku psychoanalýzy, zejména díla Jacquese Lacana, s feministickou teorií a kritikou. Gallopová zkoumá provokativní témata s precizní analýzou, čímž odhaluje nové významy v klíčových literárních a teoretických dílech. Její pedagogický přístup, zaměřený na pečlivé čtení, formoval celé generace studentů a ovlivnil současné myšlení v oboru.
Anecdote and theory have diametrically opposed connotations: humorous versus serious, specific versus general, trivial versus overarching, short versus grand. This title cuts through these oppositions to produce theory with a sense of humor, theorizing which honors the uncanny detail of lived experience.
Focusing on the intersection of disability and aging, the author challenges prevailing narratives that view these experiences solely as losses of bodily potential. By examining how society perceives selfhood in the context of physical decline, the book offers a fresh perspective that seeks to redefine the understanding of identity beyond traditional notions of ability and impairment.
In 1993, amid considerable attention from the national academic community, Jane Gallop, a prominent feminist professor of literature, was accused of sexual harassment by two of her women graduate students. In this book, she tells the story of how and why she was charged with sexual harassment and what resulted from the accusations.
Thinking Through the Body
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