ENGL198 - Introduction to Critical Theory

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Introduction to Critical Theory
ENGL198 FA

This course offers an introduction to thinkers and works that have led to major changes in critical and cultural theory. Readings are short, but the extracts from philosophical and linguistic texts are quite demanding.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings selected from nineteenth and twentieth century theoreticians such as Marx, Freud, Saussure, Foucault, Althusser, and Jameson.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent short papers and a longer final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

A willingness to read and reread relatively short but conceptually difficult texts.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate 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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Tololyan,Khachig

Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK414

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 18)

SR. major: X Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 18

Special Attributes:

FYI: First Year Initiative:Seminar

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000