LIT 300 - Literary Criticism

4 Credit(s)

This course will introduce students to some of the leading schools of contemporary literary theory and their application. Topics to be considered may include the following: structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism, new historicism, post-colonialism, post-modernism, gay and lesbian studies, and cultural studies. This course should enable students to read contemporary criticism with understanding and to attempt theoretically informed criticism themselves. Instructional activities will include a combination of lecture, group discussion, and other experientially-based activities.

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 101 and LIT 110 or instructor permission.
(spring)