136-073 Critical Theories

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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
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr John Rundell
Prerequisites	Usually 50 points of first year arts subjects. For cultural studies students these 50 points of arts subjects must include at least 25 points from a specified list of subject areas, see Prerequisites.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1-hour lecture and 1.5-hour seminar per week
Subject Description	The aim of this subject is 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. On completion of the subject students should have developed an understanding of the central issues and ideas of the critical theorists covered in this course and be able to convey this understanding through a critical engagement with the issues and theories in the written assessment of the course.
Assessment	A literature review, a class paper, and an essay totalling 4000 words.

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