ENGL 500

Fall 2014

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Intro to Criticism & Research
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Credit: 4 hours.

Introductory course in methods and techniques in research and literary criticism.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
30190
Lecture-Discussion
Q
12:30PM -1:45PM
TR
English Building
Parker, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/14-12/10/14
Section Info:
This course is a survey-introduction to the concepts and methods of recent critical theory. In short, it is a ticket to engaged fluency in the dialogues and opportunities of contemporary criticism, designed for newer English graduate students (and more experienced graduate students) who do not already have a broad background in critical theory. We will proceed through a series of cumulative, overlapping units on new criticism, structuralism, deconstruction and poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer studies, Marxism, historicism, cultural studies, critical race theory, postcolonial studies, reader response, ecocriticism, and disability studies. We will also participate in the Modern Critical Theory Tuesday evening lecture series sponsored by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and including parallel graduate seminars from other departments. Depending on scheduling and student interests, we may devote sessions to such practical concerns for graduate study in English as research methods, graduate writing, preparing for publication, and organizing and planning one's graduate studies and academic progress intellectually and administratively. Attendance, inquisitiveness, and active participation in class discussion are crucial. (Students who prefer to be seen but not heard should not enroll.)
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Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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