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CS92PROD
Reading Theories
ENGL 295
Fall 2009
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: COL 339, CCIV 393, EAST 340, FIST 290, GRST 231, RUSS 340

In this survey of modern literary, critical, and cultural theories, emphasis is on key concepts--language, identity, subjectivity, gender, power, knowledge, and cultural institutions--and key figures such as Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Saussure, Barthes, Gramsci, Benjamin, Althusser, Foucault, Lacan, Jameson, postmodernism, and U.S. feminism.

Essential Capabilities: None
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: None
Course Format: Lecture / DiscussionGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS)(CEAS-Lit&Cult)(COL)(CSCT)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature)(FRST-MN)(FRST)(GRST-MN)(GRST)(HRAD-MN)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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