Introduction to Literary Theory
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Designed especially for students of Comparative Literature but not limited to them, the course has two related aims: 1) to critically examine seminal texts that have helped to shape contemporary views of literature, culture and art; 2) to engage in a sustained, interdisciplinary exploration of the question: what is theory? Topics include: formalism, poetics and narrative theory, psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-structuralism, speech act theory, Marxism, sexuality and gender, race, postcolonial and cultural studies.
[N.B. This course is a requirement for all CL majors and minors.]