Overview
Description
Problems in criticism and critical theory.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Attributes
StandardRepeatable up to 8 credits
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate critical thinking and writing skills through careful reading of difficult theoretical texts, rigorous class discussion, and writing papers of the quality expected at the 700 level.
- analyze major issues and debates in theory in their critical and historical contexts and their significance for English studies.
- demonstrate critical engagement with key concepts in theory by producing a substantial, original scholarly paper on a topic in theory.