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COL 201
A Historical Introduction to Literary Criticism
COL 201 FA
Crosslistings: ENGL297
Next Offered in 9899 FA
This course will attempt to introduce students to literary
criticism through chronologically arranged readings in the
work of major theorists, and study of the application of
their ideas to selected works of poetry, drama, fiction,
etc. It will seek to examine representative writings from
Aristotle's POETICS to late 20th-century theories.
MAJOR READINGS
Aristotle, POETICS
Selected Midrashic material.
Selections from Dante, DE VULGARI ELOQUENTIA, and other
medieval poetics.
Selections from J.C. Scaliger, L. Castelyetro, and other
renaissance theorists.
Selected writings of German romantic theorists (e.g.
Lessing, Schlegel, Tieck) and of Herder, Kant, Hegel, and
Nietzsche.
Selections from Marx and Freud.
Selected writings of Coleridge.
Selected pieces of "New Criticism," historicist criticism,
deconstructive and feminist criticism, etc. with selected
poetry, drama, and fiction (and scriptural texts) for
illustration.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers (4-7 pages in
length)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course meets
the English Department's theory requirement.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicated directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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