Diana Fuss, Louis W. Fairchild Class of ‘24 Professor of English, has taught at Princeton since 1988, after receiving her PhD from Brown University in English and Semiotics. She has taught undergraduate courses on a range of topics in the areas of criticism and theory, 19th and 20th century American and British literature, narrative and poetry, and film and media. And she has taught more specialized graduate offerings on such subjects as Body Parts, Architectural Interiors, The Senses, Contemporary Theory, Freud’s Toolbox, American Elegy, Modern Death, Modern Love, and Keywords. She has also conducted the graduate pedagogy and dissertation seminars. In 2001 Fuss received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, and she currently holds the University’s Cotsen Fellowship for Distinguished Research and Teaching.
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Essentialist vs. social constructionist is still an issue. It hasn't been resolved.
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social constructionist of gener is actually supported by most recen tdevelopments in theory.
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Human motiviation
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Fusses' view aligns with social constructionist
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Foucault wants to advance the "word"
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Discourse - a language that is compelte within itself. Lawyer speak.
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We are trained to identify with main character.
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Literature alloes us to see the world throught he character's viewpoint.
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Spivak - teacher of subaltern - someone of lesser authority military rank in U.K. Similar to a private. Marginalized group.
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Expositing elitism of S. Asia culture.
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Subject position theory - Authorial subject position is also a product of placement or orientation. That is, how an author positions him/herself with respect to the object of study. Meaning, you have personal opinion of the object that is item for discussion, presentation, sale.
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Lacan is the key
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Waay from Who you are? to where do you stand? Subject position.
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Graff quoted Scholes - must teach the cultural.
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