Instructor: Weissman | TuTh 02:00 PM – 03:20 PM
This theory survey is an introduction to major schools of thought that have shaped the study of literary and cultural texts in the U.S. from the 1930s to the present. Emphasis will be placed on using various theories to analyze, discuss, and write about works of literature and other cultural texts. These theories may include New Criticism, narrative theory, psychoanalytic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, feminist theory, queer theory, cognitive literary studies, and the digital humanities, among others.