ENG3014 - Fall 2025 - Sperling

This class teaches us a wide range of theoretical approaches to literature and culture, and will draw from an equally wide range of intellectual approaches, including psychoanalysis, structuralism, poststructuralism, feminist theory, queer theory, and deconstruction. We will learn about the histories of these critical methods and frameworks as well as how each teaches us to approach literature, culture, and the broader world; and we will think over the course of the term about what constitutes cultural critique more broadly. This class will give you key concepts, authors, movements and histories of critique that are foundational for literary, media, and cultural studies.