Close, Distant, Archival, Experimental: New Methods of Literary Study
ENGL 315
Fall 2023 not offered
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
What does it mean to craft a "new" approach to literary study? And why is it that since at least the early twentieth century literary critics have insisted on the need for "new" methods? This course examines the different moments in literary history when literary critics developed "new" methods to read literature--particularly efforts to understand literature at scale and in context. We will look at theoretical approaches to literature, ranging from Edith Rickert's obscure 1927 New Methods for the Study of Literature through mid-century New Criticism, up to the movements and methods of the late twentieth century and present day, alongside the archives of everyday sites where literature is constituted and practiced--such as colonial lending library records and course syllabi--in order to examine what's at stake in determining the object, scope, and ends of literary study. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSCT) |
Major Readings:
: Readings including Austen NORTHANGER ABBEY, Woolf, A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN, Du Bois THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK,
Critical readings may include Raymond Williams, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Roland Barthes, Saidiya Hartman, Toni Morrison, Richard Jean So, Priya Joshi, Nan Z. Da, Catherine Gallagher, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Bruno Latour.
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Examinations and Assignments:
1-2 short essays, 3 research reflections, in-class presentations, one final research paper or project
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: Literature Pathway, Literary History 2, Theory, elective. |
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