INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY

Course Description

Students will learn the fundamental principles of literary criticism, history, theory, and biography, addressing fundamental questions of the purpose of academic scholarship, what can be known and proven about literature, and how the field of literary study works. A short (five-page) and a longer (ten- to fifteen-page) project will give students the opportunity to develop their skills in engaging in academic discourse in the field.

Required Text

Bloom, Harold, How to Read and Why Scribner
Culler, Jonathan, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction Oxford UP