Discussion with Caroline Levine (Feb 18)

Our first meeting of the semester is a special one: Prof. Caroline Levine of Wisconsin-Madison will be joining us and sharing some of her most recent work. The meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 18, starting at 8 pm. We will be discussing the following readings (available on e-reserves, attached to this email, or in the folder in EB 211).

• Caroline Levine, work in progress, "Reassembling the Formal"
• Levine, “Strategic Formalism: Toward a New Method in Cultural Studies”

Recommended:

• Levine, “Formal Pasts and Formal Possibilities in Victorian Studies”
• Franco Moretti, “The Slaughterhouse of Literature”

In addition to the readings, we will also be discussing our upcoming April grad conference.