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Modern Literary Theory
Course code: CLITG001.
Credits: 30.
This course involves in-depth study of theoretical and critical texts reflecting a variety of modern approaches to literature. The main part of the course consists of two small-group, intensive seminars, which each take place over four week periods.
Students are encouraged to pursue their own research interests and to choose from a range of modules.
Assessment: two 3,500 word essays.
Tutor: Dr Jane Gilbert.
Timetable and set texts
Week One:
Introduction - Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Dr Jane Gilbert
Weeks Two to Five:
(1) Authorship
Dr Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen
(2) Marxist Literary Theory
Dr Ernest Schonfield
(3) Postcolonialism
Dr Isabelle Moreau
(4) Feminisms
Dr Deborah Martin
Weeks Six to Nine:
(5) Representation and Ethics
Dr Stephanie Bird
(6) Postmodernism
Dr Kevin Inston
(7) Sexuality and Queer Theory
Mr James Agar
(8) Historicisms
Dr Alexander Samson
Week Ten: Student Presentations
Dr Jane Gilbert
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