ENG 5079 Fall 2020 Mariano

Rather than a survey or history of critical approaches, this course offers graduate students the opportunity to build their critical vocabulary and facility by closely reading and interrogating five landmark theoretical texts, with wide interdisciplinary resonance, that are crucial to contemporary critical discussions. Designed to center praxis, in addition to producing written critique, students will build and annotate a critical bibliography around each core text, bringing it into relation with their own self-defined areas of interest.