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ENG 5183: Literary Theory and Criticism (3 cr.)

This class will introduce you to a body of ideas

and methods that will offer a different

understanding of literature. Literary theory

allows us to look at the relationship between

author and work and question the role of the

author; it also allows us to look at the

significance of race, class, and gender from the

political, social, cultural and socio-economic

framework. Literary theory offers us a

multiplicity of approaches to a single texts.

These competing systems of inquiry often lead

disagreements but as Gerald Graff argues in

Beyond Culture Wars these disagreements are

healthy and they make us better readers. The

students will be required to be active

participants in the discussions.

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