ENG 721 - Problems in the History of Literary Criticism

(3 units)

Important critical modes and approaches from Plato and Aristotle to the present.

Maximum units a student may earn: 8

Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. write critical, formal analyses of literary texts.
2. identify and and critique the argument underlying critical writings.
3. discuss key texts and authors and movements in the history of literary criticism, and to describe the development of literary criticism from its origins to the present.
4. articulate the relationship between major texts in literary criticism and the cultural and historical contexts in which they were produced.

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