English 290 - Approaches to Literature and Culture

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Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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Description:

This course introduces current debates in the field of English studies. It tackles a variety of ways of approaching literary and cultural texts, including film, from the Freudian to the feminist to the postcolonialist. What difference does knowledge about the historical period or cultural context in which a text was written make to the way we read it Does knowing the author of a text change our reading of it Is film authorship different from literary authorship Does our own class, race or gender affect our reading We will read theory about language and representation, race in literature and the economics of literary and cultural production, and we will test these ideas on literature and other kinds of texts such as advertisements, film and other visual media. (Claire Buck, Shawn Christian, Paula M. Krebs)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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