Criticism

Catalog description

Introduces students to the varieties of literary and cultural criticism and the techniques and strategies required to research and write effective critical essays. The course covers key theoretical concepts and approaches to the analysis of literature (New Critical, poststructuralist, historicist, reader-response, feminist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, eco-critical, queer, race theory, etc.) and how these may be brought to bear on selected works of literature. Attention is also give to paper development, manuscript form, research methods, creative use of biographical and socio-cultural material, and prose revision.