Reading Theories
ENGL 295
Spring 2021 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
COL 339, CCIV 393, CEAS 340, RL&L 290, GRST 231, RUSS 340, RULE 340, REES 340 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
In this survey of theories that have shaped the reading of literature and the analysis of culture, emphasis is on key concepts--language, identity, subjectivity, gender, power, and knowledge--and on key figures and schools such as Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Saussure, Barthes, Gramsci, Benjamin, Althusser, Foucault, Lacan, Deleuze, Jameson, Berlant, Moten, postmodernism, and U.S. feminism. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS)(CEAS-Lit&Cult)(COL)(CSCT)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature)(FRST-MN)(FRST)(GRST-MN)(GRST)(HRAD-MN) |
Major Readings:
Coursepack plus Michel Foucault, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three short papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the English Department's Theory requirement for the major and contributes to the Theory & Literary Forms concentration. It is also given credit by a variety of departments and programs. COL majors may take this course on a pass-fail basis. |
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