Classics 353
Literary Theory and Classical Literature
Full course for one semester. Study of some of the main currents in
literary theory in the last 50 years and the application of these
theories to selected classical works. The focus will be on three
literary movements: New Criticism, structuralism and its various
offshoots such as semiotics and narratology, and Marxist literary
theory, including political criticism and new historicism/cultural
poetics. All non-English texts will be translated. Prerequisite:
Humanities 110 or consent of the instructor. Conference.
Cross-listed as Literature 353.
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