LTWR 608 - Seminar in Critical and Theoretical Studies

Units: 3

Close study of one or several bodies of critical theory currently applied to literary studies, i.e. psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, new-historical, post-structuralist. Emphasis will be on terminology, methods of readings, modes of interdisciplinary analysis and interpretation, and recent debates on questions of theory, history, and culture. May be repeated with new course content, but only six 6 units may be applied toward the Master’s degree.