ENGL 300: Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lecture 14 - Influence. In this lecture on the psyche in literary theory, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of T. S. Eliot and Harold Bloom, specifically their studies of tradition and individualism. Related and divergent perspectives on tradition, innovation, conservatism, and self-effacement are traced throughout Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and Bloom's "A Meditation upon Priority." Particular emphasis is placed on the process by which poets struggle with the literary legacies of their precursors. The relationship of Bloom's thinking, in particular, to Freud's Oedipus complex is duly noted. The lecture draws heavily from the works of Pope, Borges, Joyce, Homer, Wordsworth, Longinus, and Milton. (from oyc.yale.edu)
Lecture 14 - Influence |
Time | Lecture Chapters |
[00:00:00] | 1. Introduction to Harold Bloom |
[00:06:31] | 2. Mimesis and Imitatio |
[00:11:51] | 3. Bloom "Misreads" Eliot |
[00:29:34] | 4. Literary History: The Always Already Written "Strong Poem" |
[00:48:09] | 5. Lacan and Bloom on Tony the Tow Truck |
References |
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