GER 570

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Studies in Critical Theory

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Credit: 4 hours.

Critical introduction to the enterprise of reading, accompanied by an overview of this century's most important theories of literature and criticism.

Same as CWL 570. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: GER 510 or equivalent, and reading knowledge of German, English, and one other modern European language.

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GER 570 class schedule data for fall 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39732	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	G36 Foreign Languages Building	Johnson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Modern Critical Theory Section Info: GER 570 is Modern Critical Theory. Description: Comprehensive introduction to theories and methods central to the humanities, and is offered together with the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. We undertake a historical survey of the foundational thinkers, texts, and schools that orient contemporary work in the humanities, from German Idealism to Cultural Studies, Queer Theory, and Postcolonial Theory. The course is intended primarily for beginning graduate students, but also for those who feel they have not covered the development of critical theory in a systematic way. The course will include significant discussion of figures including: Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Adorno, Lacan, Derrida, Foucault, Said, Spivak, and Butler. Among the topics we will address are: history, the subject, aesthetics, value, power, language, ideology, materiality, gender, sexuality, race, and technology/media studies. We meet twice a week: in a weekly public evening session that will include graduate students registered in the other sections of the course (taught in Comparative and World Literature, English, and Art History), and on Tuesday afternoons, for discussion within our own section. This course satisfies one of the requirements for graduate certification in Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Prerequisite: none. All readings and discussions are in English.