LITR 300 - Literary Analysis and Research

3 Credit(s)

Gen Ed: TF
Provides an introduction to advanced literary criticism. In addition to reviewing the basics of literary criticism (e.g., interpretation supported by close reading), the course will introduce and examine a number of different methods of reading, analyzing, and writing about literature, including feminist, Marxist, post-colonial, and new historical approaches. The course will also focus on using scholarly research to write about literature, and it will introduce students to the specialized terms that scholars us when talking about literature.