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C LIT 207

Modern Literary Thought

3 units

Fall 2022

Topics

  • Literary and cultural theory
  • Structuralism and psychoanalysis
  • Feminism and queer theory
  • Postcolonialism
  • Ecocriticism and posthumanism

Readings

  • Grodin, Michael, and Martin Kreiswirth, editors. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
    recommended
  • Lodge, David, and Nigel Wood, editors. Modern Criticism and Theory: A Reader. 3rd edition. Longman, 2008.
    recommended
  • Makaryk, Irena R. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms. University of Toronto Press, 1993.
    recommended
  • Rivkin, Julie, and Michael Ryan, editors. Literary Theory: An Anthology. 3rd edition. Blackwell, 2017.
    recommended
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