ENGL 4230: Theory-Based Studies in Literature

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ENGL 2145
Concentration on the interpretive strategies and conceptual framework of one of the major paradigms of contemporary literary theory, with attention to the ways in which those paradigms enable the study of a select group of texts, both literary and nonliterary. Topics may include Feminist theory, Marxism, Post-Colonialism, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Cultural Materialism, Ethnic studies, Gender studies, New-Historicism, and Reader Response theories.

Notes: This course can be taken more than once provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.