ENGL602

Critical Theory and Literary Criticism

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An introduction to critical theory and literary criticism, with an overview of major movements (including formalism, structuralism and poststructuralism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and feminism). Designed to help graduate students assess the various ways of approaching and writing about literature. For majors only.

Fall 2025

Christina Walter

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Past Semesters

John Drabinski

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Oliver Gaycken

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Brian Richardson

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Eric Zakim

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Linda Kauffman

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Martha Nell Smith

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Orrin Wang

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Peter Mallios

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Sangeeta Ray

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.48 between 173 students*

ENGL602 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15.03%
A: 57.8%
A+: 3.47%
B-: 0.58%
B: 1.73%
B+: 6.94%
F: 1.16%
W: 8.09%
other: 5.2%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.