ENG 3300 - Introduction to Literary Studies

3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.

Teaches students methods for analyzing, interpreting and writing about literature, including schools of thought such as psychoanalytic, new historic, and race, class, and gender perspectives. Students demonstrate proficiency in interpretation and critique, employing terms, tools and concepts of literary critic, and identifying assumptions informing analysis of poetry, drama, fiction, film, etc. The course looks at critical history reviews, foundations from the 19th and 20th centuries, and surveys the critical approaches important today. Students enrich their skills as scholastic writers by applying learned methodologies to close reading of literary texts.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1200
Department: English