2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
    May 19, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog

ENG 348 - Contemporary Literary Theory


Investigates and develops several theoretical approaches to literature in the late-20th and 21st century, attempting to provide glimpses into the range of theoretical issues and concerns. We look particularly at identity formation in contemporary literary, political, economic, cultural and social arenas. May also look at a literary text in relation to theory. General areas of study are selected from among the following: textual criticism, new criticism, psychoanalysis/reader response, structuralism, poststructuralism, feminism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, gay and lesbian theory and Cultural Studies.

Special Topic S’22: Theory for the 21st-Century

Anticipated Terms Offered: Every year