Texts:

• Vincent B. Leitch, and others, eds.  The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism  (2nd edition)  --  Norton  --  ISBN-10: 0393932923  -  ISBN-13: 978-0393932928

• 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 23:  "Introduction:  Theory in a Post-Theory World"
Week Two  --  Aug 30:   "From Classical to Neo-Classical Theory"
Week Three  --  Sept 6 :  No Class -- Labor Day Holiday 
Week Four  --  Sept 13:  "Romantic and Idealist Theory"
Week Five  --  Sept 20:  "Moral and Liberal Humanist Theory"
Week Six  --  Sept 27:  "Marxisms"
Week Seven  --  Oct 4:  "Psychoanalytic Theory"
Week Eight  --  Oct 11:  "Formalisms--Russian and American"           Mid-term exam essay due in Jackson Hall 307 by 4:00 pm, Wednesday, Oct 13
Week Nine  --  Oct 18:   "Structuralism and Semiotics"  
Week Ten  --  Oct 25:    "Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Postmodernism"
Week Eleven  - -  Nov 1:   "Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Postmodernism"  (continued)  
Week Twelve  --  Nov 8:         No Class
Week Thirteen  --  Nov 15:   "New Historicism and Cultural Studies"
Week Fourteen  --  Nov 22:   Thanksgiving Break  --  No Class
Week Fifteen  --  Nov 29:    "Anglo-American/French Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, and Queer Theory"
Week Sixteen  --  Dec 6:   "African-American and Post-Colonial Theory";   Tutorials on research essay

Final Exam: