ENGL 3080 - Critical Approaches to Literature

Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]
Spring [Full Sem]
Summer [1st Blk, 2nd Blk]

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. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or equivalent. Recommended prerequisites: ENGL 2220, ENGL 2240, or ENGL 2290.