04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T
David J. King Hall 2054
Section Information for Fall 2014
This course is an introduction to key issues and questions in literary theory and literary criticism, with an emphasis on twentieth-century debates. How have these theories of language, society, the unconscious, sexuality and sexual difference contributed to the way we read literary texts today? What is literary theory, and how can it help us think about the relationships among authors, readers, and texts? How can we understand the connections between literary texts and social contexts in which they are produced? How do different theorists imagine the relationship between literature and the world--or literary criticism and the world? We will take up such questions as we read and discuss selections from the work of a range of influential and provocative critics and theorists. We'll also read a few works of fiction and poetry as test cases to help us think about the critical methodologies we encounter.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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