ENGL 3080 - Critical Approaches to Literature

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Check with Department
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem - Online
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem - Online
Description: Students will study and practice critical approaches to literature. The course will begin with New Criticism and proceed to study more resistant reading strategies such as feminism, Marxism, and deconstruction. Students will not only learn the theoretical premises behind these theories, but also practice explicating various texts from a particular critical perspective. Primarily for English majors and minors. Recommended to take early in major.
Pre-requisite(s): ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2015 or equivalent.
Suggested Requisite(s): ENGL 2200, ENGL 2220, ENGL 2230, or ENGL 2240.