Texts:

• Vincent B. Leitch, and others, eds.  The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism  --  Norton  --  ISBN-10: 0393974294   /  ISBN-13: 978-0393974294

• E. M. Forster,  Howard’s End  --   Bedford/St. Martin’s  --  ISBN: 0-312-11182-7  /   ISBN-13: 978-0-312-11182-3   

Week One  --  Aug 26/28:  "Introduction:  Theory in a Post-Theory World"
Week Two  --  Sept 2/4:   "From Classical to Neo-Classical Theory"
Week Three  --  Sept 9/11:  "Romantic and Idealist Theory"
Week Four  --  Sept 16/18:   "Moral and Liberal Humanist Theory"
Week Five  --  Sept 23/25:  "Marxisms"
Week Six  --  Sept 30/Oct 2:  "Psychoanalytic Theory"
Week Seven  --  Oct 7/9:  "Formalisms--Russian and American"
Week Eight  --  Oct 14:     No class -- Mid-term exam  
Week Nine  --  Oct 21/23:   "Structuralism and Semiotics"  
Week Ten  --  Oct 28/30:  "Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Postmodernism"   
Week Eleven  - -  Nov 4/6:   "Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Postmodernism"  (continued)  
Week Twelve  --  Nov 11/13:     "New Historicism and Cultural Studies"
Week Thirteen  --  Nov 18/20:  "Anglo-American/French Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, and Queer Theory" 
Week Fourteen  --  Nov 25/27:   Thanksgiving Break  --  No Class
Week Fifteen  --  Dec 2/4:    "African-American and Post-Colonial Theory"
Week Sixteen  --  Dec 9/11:  Tutorials on research essay

Final Exam: