-1-ENG 361 History of Literary Criticism
This survey course introduces major literary critical theories and critics: Classical, Renaissance, Restoration, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Romanticism.
Day Topic
Sept .25th Introduction to Literary Criticism
Sept. 27th Plato: Republic Book X
Sept. 29th Plato: Republic Book X
Oct. 2nd Aristotle: Poetics (Weekly Assignment)
Oct. 4th Poetics
Oct. 6th Poetics
Oct. 9th Poetics
Oct. 11th Poetics
Oct. 13th Poetics
Oct. 16th Horace: The Art of Poetry (Weekly Assignment)
Oct 18th The Art of Poetry
Oct. 20th The Art of Poetry
Oct. 23rd Longinus: On the Sublime (Weekly Assignment)
Oct. 25th On the Sublime
Oct. 27th Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry (Weekly Assignment)
Oct. 30th An Apology for Poetry
Nov. 1st An Apology for Poetry
Nov. 3rd An Apology for Poetry
Nov. 6th An Apology for Poetry (Weekly Assignment)
Nov. 8th Midterm
Nov. 9th Exam Review
Nov. 10th -19th Fall Break
Nov. 20th John Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Nov. 22nd An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Nov. 24th An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Nov. 27th An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Nov. 29th An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Dec. 1st An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Dec. 4th Samuel Johnson: Rambler 4. (Weekly Assignment)
Dec. 6th Preface to Shakespeare
Dec. 8th Preface to Shakespeare
Dec. 11th Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism (Weekly Assignment)
Dec. 13th An Essay on Criticism
Dec. 15th An Essay on Criticism
Dec. 18th William Wordsworth: “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”
Dec. 20th “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”
Dec. 22nd “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”
Dec. 25th William Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (Weekly Assignment)
Dec. 27th Neoclassicism V.S. Romanticism
Dec. 29th Neoclassicism V.S. Romanticism
Dec. 11th Midterm Paper Workshop (Weekly Assignment)
Dec. 13th Midterm Paper Workshop
Dec. 15th Midterm Paper Workshop
Dec. 18th Midterm Paper Presentation
Dec. 20th Midterm Paper Presentation
Dec. 22nd Midterm Paper Presentation
Dec. 25th A Survey of Contemporary Literary Schools of Criticism (General)
Dec. 27th A Survey of Contemporary Literary Schools of Criticism (ex. New Criticism)
Dec. 29th A Survey of Contemporary Literary Schools of Criticism (ex. Feminism)
Jan. 1st A Survey of Contemporary Literary Schools of Criticism (ex. Marxism)
Jan. 3rd A Survey of Contemporary Literary Schools of Criticism (ex. Postcolonialism)
Jan. 5th So, what is the purpose of literary criticism? Midterm Paper Due on LMS at 5 P.M.
TBA Final Exam (2 hours)