Introduction to Contemporary Theory

6 credits · Undergraduate Programs

An examination of the claims and assumptions of a range of contemporary critical practices, such as formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, feminism and gender studies, new historicism, psychoanalytic criticism, and cultural and ideological critique. Includes sustained engagement with original theoretical texts. Prerequisite(s): 6 units of courses labelled English. Notes: Students with prior credit in English 302 will not be allowed to take 303.