Approaches to Literature

Catalog description

This course introduces historical and contemporary theoretical and critical approaches to textual analysis within the discipline of literary studies. Different methods and theories (e.g., formalist, psychological, Marxist, structuralist, post-structuralist, deconstruction, feminist, new historicism, cultural studies, postcolonial, race studies, and ecocriticism) may be emphasized in the course. In exploring these theories, students will gain a rigorous understanding of literature, its power in society, and the ways in which it constructs spaces where the human condition can be better understood. Prerequisites: ENG 1302 .