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The Political Unconscious - Fredric Jameson's Theory of Literature

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This lecture introduces Fredric Jameson’s theory of the political unconscious as an approach to Marxist literary criticism. It explains the political, social, and historical horizons of interpretation and applies them to literary texts.

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- Chapter 1. Marxist Aesthetics and Frederic Jameson
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- Chapter 2. Romance at the Three Horizons
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- Chapter 3. The Political Unconscious at the Three Horizons
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- Chapter 4. Literary Analysis: Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
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- Chapter 5. The Formal Emphasis at the Three Horizons
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- Chapter 6. Acknowledged Interpretive Dangers
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- Chapter 7. Application: Tony the Tow Truck
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