Nov 23, 2024  
ARCHIVED 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
ARCHIVED 2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 334 - Critical Theory

4.00 credit hours
Advanced focus on primary theoretical texts. Students analyze and synthesize the range of theories that have shaped debates in literary and cultural studies. Considering multiple lenses of inquiry, students use close reading and questioning to engage key concepts: language, narrative, subjectivity, identities and the shaping force of material histories on persons and texts. Critical frames are brought into relation to consider their relevance to literature and life.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  or Junior standing.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Humanities.
iCon(s): Being Human.


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