ENG 723 - Problems in Themes and Ideas in Literature

(3 units)

Themes and ideas in literature and broad literary approaches like comparative literature and the history of ideas.

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. analyze literary texts in their historical, critical, and theoretical contexts.
2. engage with and apply critical and theoretical debates to the course’s primary texts.
3. produce writing of a professional quality that makes a contribution to the critical conversation.
4. analyze a particular theme or idea through a range of literary and theoretical texts.

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