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 136-209 Critical Theories

Note

Available as 136-309 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr John Rundell

Prerequisites

Normally 12.5 points of first-year Arts.

Semester

1

Contact

Up to three hours of lectures/seminars a week

Subject Description

To introduce students to and critically examine the major debates in contemporary critical theories from western Marxism to postmodernism. These critical theories include the German Frankfurt School, French poststructuralism, the Budapest School, post-Marxism and feminism, all of which are set against the background of the Enlightenment and the Romantic and Heidegerrean responses to it.

Assessment

One literature review, one class paper and one essay together totalling 5000 words of written work.

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