DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
AND CULTURAL STUDIES
MLCS / East Asian 507 A1: "Topics in Major Contemporary Currents in Literary and Cultural Theory"
Time: Tuesdays 14:00-16:50 | Place: Humanities Centre 2-37
13-Sep-2011 to 6-Dec-2011
Course Description:
“Topics in Major Contemporary Currents in Literary and Cultural Theory” is intended as a graduate level survey of critical methodologies appropriate for students pursuing graduate work in literary and cultural studies in Germanic, Romance, or Slavic languages and literatures. It is a core course in MLCS. The language of instruction is English; all readings and assignments will be done in English. We will be looking at the following themes over the course of the seminar: structuralism, feminism, Marxist literary theories, psychoanalytical criticism, deconstruction, poststructuralism, postmodernism, new historicism, postcolonial theory, gay studies/queer theory, and cultural studies. The course will be conducted as a graduate seminar, with active participation required from all students.