Reading Theories
ENGL 295
Fall 2021
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01
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| Crosslisting:
COL 339, CLST 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: |
| 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) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Coursepack
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short, fortnightly essays; midterm and final exams (take-home) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the English Department's Theory requirement for the major. It is also given credit by a variety of departments and programs. COL majors may take this course on a pass-fail basis. |
| Instructor(s): Fitzpatrick,Joseph J. Times: .M.W.F. 09:50AM-10:40AM; Location: BOGH112; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 25 | | |
| Seats Available: 14 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 6 | FR: X |
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