EN 325 - Critical Theory

An introduction to literary and cultural theories, emphasizing a wide range of interpretive strategies and ways of reading. We will study such schools of critical theory as deconstruction, feminism, reader response, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, aesthetics, queer theory, diasporic studies, ecocriticism, and posthumanism.

Credits: 4

Prerequisites/Restrictions: Open to English majors, English minors, Creative Writing minors, and Gender & Sexuality Studies majors. Sophomore standing and above. Recommended prior to Senior Seminar.

Core: Literature & The Arts