In 1982, Stephen Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels wrote an article in Critical Inquiry entitled “Against [this subject].” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this subject, which was the subject of namesake academic “wars” in the 1990s. Terry Eagleton wrote an introduction to the literary branch of this subject.
ANSWER: (literary) theory [accept theory wars]
[10h] This author of “The Resistance to Theory” claimed that theory was itself the resistance to theory. Jacques Derrida defended this author after his wartime pro-Nazi and antisemitic writings were discovered.
ANSWER: Paul de Man [or Paul Adolph Michel Deman]
[10e] David Bordwell edited a volume titled Post-Theory that discusses the over-reliance of “Grand Theory” in studies of this visual medium. Slavoj Žižek discussed Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds in The Pervert’s Guide to [this medium].
ANSWER: cinema [or film or movies]