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Class number:
2579
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Title: Theories of Interpretation |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 16 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, 115V - 106 |
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Instructor(s): Benedict, Barbara |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing critical reflection. |
Course Description:
How and why do we read literature? Does it, should it and can it propel social change, personal growth, or individual expression? In this course, we will read the theories of writers and thinkers from Aristotle to Henry Gates Jr., from Classical to Queer theory, and apply their ideas to literary works by Austen, Shakespeare, Conrad, Equiano and others. Along the way, students will develop their personal theories of literary interpretation. For English majors, this satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing critical reflection. |