Overview
Description
Selected topics and issues in literary and cultural theory.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior or Senior standing
ENG 303
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits
Learning Outcomes
- write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
- articulate the basic theoretical concepts underlying contemporary approaches to literature and of the major differences between them.
- discuss the methods and materials of literary research and to conduct literary research according to established procedures and to use such research effectively and responsibly.
- generate and articulate personal responses to literary and critical texts, and to explain the premises and assumptions underlying such personal responses.
- discuss the major figures in modern literary theory and to describe their key contributions and principles.