Spring 2025 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (54337)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54337/1253
Fall 2024 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (18083)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (11 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18083/1249
Spring 2024 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (55028)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55028/1243
Fall 2023 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (18438)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 214
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18438/1239
Spring 2023 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (65689)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 314
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65689/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 March 2016
Fall 2022 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (19019)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19019/1229
Spring 2022 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53688)
- Instructor(s)
- Laura Scroggs (TA)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53688/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 March 2016
Fall 2021 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (20232)
- Instructor(s)
- Laura Scroggs (TA)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 29 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20232/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 15 March 2016
Spring 2021 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (49650)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (15 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49650/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2021 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (49875)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Exam Format:
- There will be one midterm and a final essay.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: Faithful class attendance and participation is mandatory.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49875/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (14905)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14905/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2020 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53174)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53174/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2020 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53407)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankBlegen Hall 430
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course examines some of the major developments of modern literary theory. Emphasis is given to questions about language (how words mean), audience (to whom they mean), authorship (the relationship between intention and meaning), and the literary (how literary writing differs from other forms of writing; what--and how--words can do). Some attention is given to the way these arguments have developed over time. We will also read representative writings of other major theoretical models of literary inquiry. Students will regularly practice applying the theory they read to other writings in light-hearted but serious exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53407/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 March 2015
Fall 2019 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (18295)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18295/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53371)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankTate Laboratory of Physics B65
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53371/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53606)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFord Hall 110
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (18 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53606/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (18601)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankFord Hall 130
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3002+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18601/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (50137)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (28 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brenn032+ENGL3002+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Exam Format:
- There will be one midterm and a final essay.
- Workload:
- Other Workload: Faithful class attendance and participation is mandatory.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50137/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (50383)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3002+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is an introduction to contemporary literary criticism and theory. The goal is to provide you with a foundation in theory's terminologies, the different methodologies used in literary and cultural analysis, and a sense of the various schools of criticism that have developed in the postwar period. We will look at the ways that various texts perform as texts; they are not transparent or one dimensional, but rather open themselves to many different readings and styles of engagement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50383/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (15560)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?farbe004+ENGL3002+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- This course examines some of the major developments of modern literary theory. Emphasis is given to questions about language (how words mean), audience (to whom they mean), authorship (the relationship between intention and meaning), and the literary (how literary writing differs from other forms of writing; what--and how--words can do). Some attention is given to the way these arguments have developed over time. We will also read representative writings of other major theoretical models of literary inquiry. Students will regularly practice applying the theory they read to other writings in light-hearted but serious exercises.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15560/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 March 2015
Fall 2017 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (16903)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 313
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ayahav+ENGL3002+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16903/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2017 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (50694)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 315
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3002+Spring2017
- Class Description:
Literary and cultural theory can seem dauntingly complex and puzzlingly distant from both literature and the “real” world. This course will seek to make theory more accessible by tracing a history of ideas that have contributed to the formation of dominant 20th and 21st century schools of theory. Starting with Nietzsche and Kant, we will engage with signature pieces and thinkers from structuralism (Saussure), poststructuralism (Althusser), deconstruction (Derrida), and psychoanalysis (Lacan) in addition to writers who don’t neatly fit into categories (Foucault, Butler, and Merleau-Ponty among others). We will work to organically define the terms important for these critical conversations by diving into the primary texts themselves and taking them apart. By getting a sense of the intellectual history and the terms of the debate, we will connect literary and cultural theory to art, literature, film, and the world around us. We will consider questions from our interests as individuals in the class as well as those posed by the thinkers: What does it mean to define subjectivity? How does language affect the individual and the way she understands the world? What does it mean to think about issues of race, gender, and the body? By tackling short but critical essays that will be posted on the course Moodle site, we will think about what it means to ask these and other questions and how theory helps us both formulate questions and investigate possible answers—or come to realize the absence of answers. To facilitate these goals, course activities will center on discussion and in-class opportunities to apply theory to cultural and literary objects. Students will be responsible for writing a few one-page (single spaced) summaries of the essays that will be revised and collected for distribution at the end of the course, so each person will leave with a class-generated primer documenting our encounters with these theorists and schools of thought.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50694/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2015
Spring 2017 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (50968)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jani+ENGL3002+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50968/1173
Fall 2016 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (15892)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 11/06/2016Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 34011/07/2016 - 11/11/2016Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankMechanical Engineering 1811/12/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tcbrown+ENGL3002+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15892/1169
Fall 2016 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (17381)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 10/02/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 21510/03/2016 - 10/06/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankMechanical Engineering 1810/07/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jani+ENGL3002+Fall2016
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17381/1169
Spring 2016 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (52333)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 355
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?tcbrown+ENGL3002+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- Within the last thirty years Literary Theory has become one of the most important, energetic, and controversial areas of literary studies. It is now widely recognized as central to the disciplines of English and Comparative Literature. This course will introduce you to Literary Theory through the writings of major theorists (including Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida) as well as seminal works in the history of literary criticism (by Plato, Aristotle, and Pope among others). The latter provides the background necessary to take the full measure of the former's impact. In addition, due to the complex nature of what is now called Literary Theory, we will focus our reading and thereby lend coherence to the course by attending primarily to the question, "What is literature?"
- Grading:
- 50% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam Other Grading Information: Two exams during the semester plus one final exam. To pass the course you must pass the final exam. - Exam Format:
- Each exam during the semester will be one hour in length. The final exam will be two hours. All exams will be handwritten. No books, computers, or other materials will be allowed in the exams.
- Class Format:
- 100% Discussion The course is entirely discussion based. Each student will contribute.
- Workload:
- 60 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
Other Workload: While the pages of reading per week is low the material is extremely challenging. You should expect to spend nine hours per week on reading. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52333/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2009
Spring 2016 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53440)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3002+Spring2016
- Class Description:
Literary and cultural theory can seem dauntingly complex and puzzlingly distant from both literature and the “real” world. This course will seek to make theory more accessible by tracing a history of ideas that have contributed to the formation of dominant 20th and 21st century schools of theory. Starting with Nietzsche and Kant, we will engage with signature pieces and thinkers from structuralism (Saussure), poststructuralism (Althusser), deconstruction (Derrida), and psychoanalysis (Lacan) in addition to writers who don’t neatly fit into categories (Foucault, Butler, and Merleau-Ponty among others). We will work to organically define the terms important for these critical conversations by diving into the primary texts themselves and taking them apart. By getting a sense of the intellectual history and the terms of the debate, we will connect literary and cultural theory to art, literature, film, and the world around us. We will consider questions from our interests as individuals in the class as well as those posed by the thinkers: What does it mean to define subjectivity? How does language affect the individual and the way she understands the world? What does it mean to think about issues of race, gender, and the body? By tackling short but critical essays that will be posted on the course Moodle site, we will think about what it means to ask these and other questions and how theory helps us both formulate questions and investigate possible answers—or come to realize the absence of answers. To facilitate these goals, course activities will center on discussion and in-class opportunities to apply theory to cultural and literary objects. Students will be responsible for writing a few one-page (single spaced) summaries of the essays that will be revised and collected for distribution at the end of the course, so each person will leave with a class-generated primer documenting our encounters with these theorists and schools of thought.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53440/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (17696)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 320
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ismai004+ENGL3002+Fall2015
- Class Description:
Literary and cultural theory can seem dauntingly complex and puzzlingly distant from both literature and the “real” world. This course will seek to make theory more accessible by tracing a history of ideas that have contributed to the formation of dominant 20th and 21st century schools of theory. Starting with Nietzsche and Kant, we will engage with signature pieces and thinkers from structuralism (Saussure), poststructuralism (Althusser), deconstruction (Derrida), and psychoanalysis (Lacan) in addition to writers who don’t neatly fit into categories (Foucault, Butler, and Merleau-Ponty among others). We will work to organically define the terms important for these critical conversations by diving into the primary texts themselves and taking them apart. By getting a sense of the intellectual history and the terms of the debate, we will connect literary and cultural theory to art, literature, film, and the world around us. We will consider questions from our interests as individuals in the class as well as those posed by the thinkers: What does it mean to define subjectivity? How does language affect the individual and the way she understands the world? What does it mean to think about issues of race, gender, and the body? By tackling short but critical essays that will be posted on the course Moodle site, we will think about what it means to ask these and other questions and how theory helps us both formulate questions and investigate possible answers—or come to realize the absence of answers. To facilitate these goals, course activities will center on discussion and in-class opportunities to apply theory to cultural and literary objects. Students will be responsible for writing a few one-page (single spaced) summaries of the essays that will be revised and collected for distribution at the end of the course, so each person will leave with a class-generated primer documenting our encounters with these theorists and schools of thought.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17696/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (23657)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?farbe004+ENGL3002+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23657/1159
Spring 2015 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (52543)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankScott Hall 4
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52543/1153
Spring 2015 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (53894)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53894/1153
Fall 2014 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (18484)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18484/1149
Fall 2014 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (25567)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25567/1149
Summer 2014 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (87249)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/30/2014 - 08/08/2014Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 121
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- THIS IS A SIX WEEK COURSE MEETING FOUR DAYS PER WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS.
- Class Description:
- Literary and cultural theory can seem dauntingly complex and puzzlingly distant from both literature and the "real" world. This course will seek to make theory more accessible by tracing a history of ideas that have contributed to the formation of dominant 20th and 21st century schools of theory. Starting with Nietzsche and Kant, we will engage with signature pieces and thinkers from structuralism (Saussure), poststructuralism (Althusser), deconstruction (Derrida), and psychoanalysis (Lacan) in addition to writers who don't neatly fit into categories (Foucault, Butler, and Merleau-Ponty among others). We will work to organically define the terms important for these critical conversations by diving into the primary texts themselves and taking them apart. By getting a sense of the intellectual history and the terms of the debate, we will connect literary and cultural theory to art, literature, film, and the world around us. We will consider questions from our interests as individuals in the class as well as those posed by the thinkers: What does it mean to define subjectivity? How does language affect the individual and the way she understands the world? What does it mean to think about issues of race, gender, and the body? By tackling short but critical essays that will be posted on the course Moodle site, we will think about what it means to ask these and other questions and how theory helps us both formulate questions and investigate possible answers--or come to realize the absence of answers. To facilitate these goals, course activities will center on discussion and in-class opportunities to apply theory to cultural and literary objects. Students will be responsible for writing a few one-page (single spaced) summaries of the essays that will be revised and collected for distribution at the end of the course, so each person will leave with a class-generated primer documenting our encounters with these theorists and schools of thought.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87249/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 20 March 2014
Spring 2014 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (57540)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Notes:
- Amit Yahav will teach this section.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57540/1143
Spring 2014 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (58965)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2014 - 05/09/2014Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Theory is about thinking in the abstract. Or, in other words, about the usefulness of concepts. This class will focus on understanding some concepts critical to the study of literature. Some - like plot, character, narrative - are very old. Others - like the subject, agency, class, history, culture, literature itself - emerged with the enlightenment. Still others - like the unconscious, text, discourse, interpellation, differance - emerged in opposition to the concepts of the enlightenment. We will examine as many as possible, but the focus of the class will be on the cardinal categories of what has become known as post-structuralism. We will read Althusser, Aristotle, Barthes, Chatterjee, Derrida, Foucault, Freud, Hegel, Nietzsche, Spivak, and others.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/58965/1143
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Fall 2013 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (24513)
- Instructor(s)
- Joseph Hughes
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 215
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/24513/1139
Fall 2013 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (33409)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Theory is about thinking in the abstract. Or, in other words, about the usefulness of concepts. This class will focus on understanding some concepts critical to the study of literature. Some - like plot, character, narrative - are very old. Others - like the subject, agency, class, history, culture, literature itself - emerged with the enlightenment. Still others - like the unconscious, text, discourse, interpellation, differance - emerged in opposition to the concepts of the enlightenment. We will examine as many as possible, but the focus of the class will be on the cardinal categories of what has become known as post-structuralism. We will read Althusser, Aristotle, Barthes, Chatterjee, Derrida, Foucault, Freud, Hegel, Nietzsche, Spivak, and others.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33409/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Summer 2013 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (88582)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Tue, Wed, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 217
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Literary and cultural theory can seem dauntingly complex and puzzlingly distant from both literature and the "real" world. This course will seek to make theory more accessible by tracing a history of ideas that have contributed to the formation of dominant 20th and 21st century schools of theory. Starting with Nietzsche and Kant, we will engage with signature pieces and thinkers from structuralism (Saussure), poststructuralism (Althusser), deconstruction (Derrida), and psychoanalysis (Lacan) in addition to writers who don't neatly fit into categories (Foucault, Butler, Virilio, and Merleau-Ponty among others). We will work to organically define the terms important for these critical conversations by diving into the primary texts themselves and taking them apart. By getting a sense of the intellectual history and the terms of the debate, we will connect literary and cultural theory to art, literature, film, and the world around us. We will consider questions from our interests as individuals in the class as well as those posed by the thinkers: What does it mean to define subjectivity? How does language affect the individual and the way she understands the world? What does it mean to think about issues of race, gender, and the body? By tackling short but critical essays that will be posted on the course Moodle site, we will think about what it means to ask these and other questions and how theory helps us both formulate questions and investigate possible answers--or come to realize the absence of answers. To facilitate these goals, course activities will center on discussion and in-class opportunities to apply theory to cultural and literary objects. Students will be responsible for writing a few one-page (single spaced) summaries of the essays that will be revised and collected for distribution at the end of the course, so each person will leave with a class-generated primer documenting our encounters with these theorists and schools of thought.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88582/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 April 2013
Spring 2013 | ENGL 3002 Section 001: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (52758)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Theory is about thinking in the abstract. Or, in other words, about the usefulness of concepts. This class will focus on understanding some concepts critical to the study of literature. Some - like plot, character, narrative - are very old. Others - like the subject, agency, class, history, culture, literature itself - emerged with the enlightenment. Still others - like the unconscious, text, discourse, interpellation, differance - emerged in opposition to the concepts of the enlightenment. We will examine as many as possible, but the focus of the class will be on the cardinal categories of what has become known as post-structuralism. We will read Althusser, Aristotle, Barthes, Chatterjee, Derrida, Foucault, Freud, Hegel, Nietzsche, Spivak, and others.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52758/1133
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 May 2007
Spring 2013 | ENGL 3002 Section 002: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory (54294)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Delivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Problems of interpretation/criticism. Questions of meaning, form, authority, literary history, social significance.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54294/1133
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