Courses
ENG 7310 Literary Theory (3 units)
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
This course explores several topics in the history of literary criticism and critical theory. These include, among others, interpretation; canon formation; ideology; class, race, gender, and sexuality; discourse; hegemony; signification; and performativity. We will read key texts from every period in the Western canon, concluding with New Historicism and trauma theory.