Graduate Office - Literature and Criticism Course Offerings By Semester

Course schedules are subject to change.  Please see Cathy Renwick for more information.

The course will provide an introduction to major theoretical approaches of the twentieth century as they have influenced the discipline.  They will include new criticism, structuralism, post-structuralism, and cultural studies.  Emphasis will be placed on the application of theory.  Students will be expected to complete weekly journal assignments in which certain theories will be applied to specific texts, specifically poems and short stories.  In addition, one longer text will be chosen in order to illustrate how one text can be read from diverse theoretical perspectives. Students will also complete a conference-length paper which will indicate their substantial understanding of a theoretical approach to a certain text of their choice.  There will be opportunity for M.A.T.E. students to apply a theoretical approach to teaching in the classroom.

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