The Doctoral Minor in
Literary Theory, Criticism, and Aesthetics
Description:
The
Departments of Comparative Literature and Philosophy at Penn State offer a
doctoral minor in Literary Theory, Criticism, and Aesthetics. This minor
responds to the continuing growth of interest in literary theory and criticism
and to the increasing number of teaching positions for holders of doctorates in
literature with a secondary specialization in literary theory and criticism, as
well as to the need for holders of doctorates in philosophy to teach in fields
to which their discipline may lend theoretical support.
The
minor strengthens the training of students in literature and in related fields
by providing a coherent philosophical and theoretical basis for their advanced
work. The program widens the scope of issues in the study of philosophy and
comparative literature, and it provides interdisciplinary support for students
in other liberal arts doctoral programs, such as English, foreign languages and
literatures, history, speech communication, and the social sciences. In
addition, the program can provide a basis for graduate programs outside the
College of the Liberal Arts, including those in music and in the visual arts.
Students
in the program will develop an individualized course of study in consultation
with their advisers for the minor (one adviser from Comparative Literature and
one from Philosophy; see list of advisers below). A minimum of 15 credits in
addition to those required for the major should be chosen from the list of
courses below. Six required credits (3 in comparative literature and 3 in
philosophy) will serve as the basis for a historical study of literary theory
and criticism and philosophical aesthetics. Students who take this minor must
include one of the designated advisers of the minor on their doctoral
committees.
Courses Included in the
Minor:
Students
must take six credits (3 in each discipline) from asterisked (*)courses.
PHILOSOPHY
PHIL
409* Aesthetics PHIL
502 European Philosophy (upon advising) PHIL 516*
Seminar in Aesthetics |
COMPARATIVE
LITERATURE
CLIT 502*
Comparative Criticism I: The Greeks to 1800 |
ENGLISH
ENGL 581 Modern British and American
Criticism |
SPEECH
COMMUNICATION
SPCOM 503 Seminar in criticism |
FRENCH
FR 571 French Literary Criticism from
Saint-Beuve to the Present |
HISTORY
HIST 523 History and Theory |
ART
HISTORY
ART H 410 Taste and Criticism in Art |
SPANISH
SPAN 587 Stylistic and Literary Criticism |
GERMAN
GER 510 Literary Theory and its
Applications |
THEATRE
ARTS
THEA 503 Theatre Criticism and Theory |
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Doctoral students interested in the minor should contact one of the following designated advisers for further information: |
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Philosophy |
865-6397 |
Aesthetics; ancient Greek literature and philosophy; contemporary Continental thought |
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Thomas O. Beebee |
863-4935 |
History of criticism; Translation theory; German
literary and cultural theory |
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Philosophy |
865-1618 |
Literary Theory; Translation Theory; Semiotics;
Poststructuralism; Pragmatism |
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Nergis Erturk |
865-0067 |
Theories of modernity; postcolonial theory; poststructuralism |
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Philosophy |
863-0568 |
Philosophy of literature; Theory of the visual arts; Phenomenological aesthetics |
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Philosophy |
865-1676 |
Poetry and poetics, especially the role of form in creating meaning in poetry; Romanticism |
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Comparative Literature, Spanish, & Womens Studies |
865-0032 |
Gender theory;
postcolonial theory; media theory
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Comparative Literature and French |
863-7499 |
French Criticism and Theory, especially of the 20th Century |
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