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LIT300

Literary Theory

Course DirectorySNHU LIT300 has 4 direct prerequisites.

Undergraduate · 3 credits

This course is an introduction to the major schools of contemporary critical theory, and an examination of principal exponents of these theories. The student will become familiar with the most important features of psychoanalytic criticism, Marxism and feminism and examine the meaning of structuralism and post-structuralism. In addition, the course affords an opportunity to practice applying the theories to specific literary texts.

Prerequisite Tree

  • ENG120 — College Composition I
  • ENG130 — Foundations of Written Communication
  • LIT200 — Critical Approaches to Literature
  • LIT250 — Introduction to Literary Studies
    • ENG120 — College Composition I

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