ENGL 300 - Topics 1

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

ENGLISH

Description:

An intensive study of selected literary works organized by a single critical or theoretical method practiced within the field of literary studies. Topics may vary by semester. Prerequisite: ENGL 250+. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Read representative literary works from a specific avenue of inquiry. (2) Identify and analyze common formal, thematic, and generic features across a set of literary works. (3) Identify and apply critical and/or theoretical approaches such as Marxism, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Studies, New Historicism, Critical Race Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Psychoanalysis, and/or other approaches to a set of literary works. (4) Write literary analyses that incorporate critical and theoretical approaches. (5) Respond to and integrate secondary research.

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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