Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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ENG 3990 - Literary Theory and Ethical Practice
Introduction to the ideas of writers, philosophers, and theorists whose voices have been influential in contemporary literary and cultural theory with attention to their ethical frameworks.
Requisites: ENG 2010 or 2020 or 250 or 2 courses above ENG 200
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Ethics and Reasoning
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe and apply multiple lenses from literary and cultural theory.
- Students will be able to recognize ethical theories and assumptions embedded in different literary theories and methods of reading.
- Students will be able to recognize the influence of their own critical assumptions and ethical beliefs on their reading practice.
- Students will be able to evaluate the ethical implications of different reading practices and modes of critical analysis.
- Students will be able to describe and demonstrate critically and ethically sophisticated forms of literary analysis.
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