Overview
Description
Overview of selected critical theories and approaches to criticism employed in the humanities, with application to a variety of texts (literature, film, non-fiction, etc.)
Requirements
Prerequisites
ENG 298
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ENG 298.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate skills in critical thinking and writing about texts in oral and written forms.
- deploy a range of critical theories about texts and the various approaches (e.g., Marxist, feminist, formalist, postcolonial, rhetorical) by which they can be analyzed.
- apply contemporary theory and criticism to texts.
- describe the concepts of culture, race, gender, and class as they relate to textual analysis.