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CS92PROD
Introduction to 20th-Century Literary Theory
RUSS 270
Spring 2007 not offered

This course will cover 20th-century literary theory as represented by the following schools and theoreticians: Russian Formalism; Jakobson; Czech Structuralism; Lotman; Ingarden; Gadamer (in the context of 20th-century hermeneutics); Jauss and later developments in reader response criticism (Iser and Fish); Barthes as a poststructuralist; Derrida and De Man; Foucault and his followers (Greenblatt and Said); Freud and later developments in psychoanalytic criticism; Bakhtin; Sartre and Jameson as representatives of Marxist criticism; feminist criticism. All course materials will be read in English.

Essential Capabilities: None
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None

Last Updated on MAR-29-2024
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