2. Introduction (cont.)

Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) In this second introductory lecture, Professor Paul Fry explores the interrelation of skepticism and determinism. The nature of discourse and the related issue of discursivity is read through two modern works, Anton Chekov’s Cherry Orchard and Henry James’ The Ambassadors. Exemplary critical focus on literary authority is located in Michel Foucault’s “What Is an Author“ and [Roland] Barthes’ “The Death of the Author,“ both of which are read with an emphasis