IDS 295 ANALYZE THIS! ESSENTIAL CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

This course introduces and explores theories of interpretation for use by arts and humanities students to analyze cultural products and practices of various kinds: film, other visual arts, religious worship and ritual, and written texts both literary and nonliterary. Students will examine and apply representative Western critical theories from Aristotle to the present, paying attention to the philosophical and cultural origins of those theories. 

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

Sophomore status recommended.

Course Types

Counts toward Expression or Civilization requirement.

Notes

Counts as Critical Practice and Theory course for English (Literature) Majors.

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