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What Robert Young has called postcolonialism’s “secular terms” has resulted in the marginalization of postcolonial literary enactments of indigenous knowledge. Today, with the globalization of…
In 1902 Ruhi al-Khalidi produced what may be the first modern work of comparative criticism in Arabic.
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Eng. 561 This course has two essential purposes: firstly to familiarize the students with major developments in 20th century Anglo-American and European literary criticism, and secondly,…
Eng. 361 The course traces the philosophical and critical development of Western thought in relation to art. The critical selections cover the Classical conception of art, Renaissance and…
Eng. 461 This course covers the emergence of “Theory,” from Russian Formalism, New Criticism, Cultural criticism to more contemporary schools of critical thought. Students learn to:…