Literary Theory

Troy University

CourseENG 4480

This course examines the major schools of literary theory developed in the 20th century and beyond. Lectures and discussions explore theoretical perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose? Readings in the course provide definitions and delineations grounded on linguistic, psychoanalytic, socio-economic, and historic utterances that distinguish literature from other epistemological and ontological texts.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

ENG 4480