Is This Thing Any Good?: Literary Theory Before 1900

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

This course addresses literary and aesthetic theory from Aristotle's time until 1900. It addresses the various principles, suppositions, and standards which have been used in discussions of aesthetic and literary merit over the centuries, and interrogates the judgments and pre-judgments that tend to be involved whenever aesthetic determinations are made. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits. Not open to students with credit for ENGL 3600Y.