ENG 6560 Contemporary Modes of Criticism

An examination of various contemporary approaches to the analysis and evaluation of literature. Beginning with a consideration of traditional approaches to literary criticism and analysis in Aristotle, Longinus, and Horace, and in twentieth-century normative critics such as Eliot, Brooks, and Richards. The second part of the course introduces the student to trends in contemporary criticism such as Deconstructionism, New Historicism, Feminist Criticism, Queer Theory, and Postcolonial Theory. The principal aim of the course is to familiarize the student with a range of approaches for later exploration. Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 656
Credits: 3.0