Course details

Name: ENGL - 300

Title: PURSUITS OF ENGLISH

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2011

Credits: 4

Description:
An inquiry into what constitutes contemporary literary study: its subject matter and its underlying goals and methods. Students study literary and cinematic texts of various genres, as well as literary criticism and theory; inquire into the nature of authorship and of texts; examine and expand their ways of reading, interpreting, and writing about texts; trace the relation of literary criticism to theory; consider the relation of literary study to issues of power; and develop independent habits of thought, research, discussion, and analytic writing that are informed by literary theory and criticism.

Schedule: Monday,Thursday From 11:30 am To 12:45 pm

Graduation requirements:

Teaching Faculty: Lewis Sharon (lewiss)

Is course canceled: No