LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY II.

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Examines twentieth-century and contemporary methodologies, such as New Criticism; formalism; structuralism; poststructuralism; hermeneutics; semiotics; reader response; psychoanalysis; Marxism; theories of gender, sexuality, and race; and cultural studies. Prerequisite: English majors must have earned a C or better in ENGL 3350 and in one literature survey course ( ENGL 3340 , ENGL 3341 , ENGL 3351 , ENGL 3352 , ENGL 3361 , or ENGL 3362 ). Non-majors must have earned a C or better in 3 hours of sophomore literature ( ENGL 2303 , ENGL 2309 , ENGL 2319 , ENGL 2329 ).