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 136-073 Critical Theories

Note

Formerly available as 136-209/309. Students who have completed 136-209/309 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr John Rundell

Prerequisites

Usually 50 points of first year arts subjects.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and 1.5-hour seminar per 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

A literature review, and a classpaper, and an essay totalling 4000 words.

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