ENGL 338 - Literary Criticism

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

ENGLISH

Description:

A study of the basic and recurrent issues of literary theory and practice from Aristotle to the present. Writing-in-discipline class. Course Objectives (1) Identify the periods of literary development, and the genres and motif's of literary style and expression (2) Enhance the students' fluency, critical skills, literacy, and familiarity with the great critical traditions of literature in address to scope of human experience (3) More fully comprehend the spectrum of global cultural traditions as understood by literary criticism. (4) Apply critical thought to the enhancement and understanding of the arts in general, and literature in particular (5) Enhance the students' ability to express critical thought both in writing and orally (6) Understand how critical tradition, as much as art and literature itself, define, form and assert paradigms of values and interpretation that demonstrate the sensibilities of various eras (7) Use critical thought as a catalyst for creative expression

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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