ENG-280 Theory and Methods of the Study of Literature
By introducing major movements and theories
informing scholarly studies in literature, this
course helps prepare serious students of
literature for advanced study and research in the
field. Students explore and apply major
twentieth-century literary theories, thereby
observing both how literature lends itself to
different forms of interpretation and how the
formal study of literature has changed over time.
Students also write a substantial literary
analysis grounded in literary-theoretical
approaches. Topics of discussion may include new
criticism, structuralism, psychoanalytic
criticism, Marxism, deconstruction,
post-structuralism, gender studies, new
formalism, race and ethnic studies, cultural
studies, queer theory, new historicism,
postcolonial theory, phenomenology, and eco
criticism.
Prerequisites: FYS-101 or FYS-110 and
ENG-200-Level literature course (any version)