ENG 4020: Approaches to Modern Criticism at Baruch College
3 credits · Fall 2026
Approaches to Modern Criticism (ENG 4020) at Baruch College has 1 way to take it in Fall 2026. 0 of 1 section have an open seat right now.
The professor is: Timothy Aubry.
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Requirements
Prerequisite: ENG/CMP/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission
About this course
What makes literature valuable? What makes some works better and more deserving of attention than others? Can there be objective standards of greatness? Is one either right or wrong, for example, for liking or disliking Shakespeare? Why do English professors spend so much time analyzing texts? Does interpretation sometimes ruin our ability to enjoy literature? How can we tell when aninterpretation is valid or groundless? Is there a reason why, until recently, most of the works in literary anthologies were written by white European men? Do our standards, in other words, favor one ethnic group, one class, one gender, one sexual orientation, or any other single demographic over another? This coursewill consider attempts to answer these questions by some of the most important schools of criticism from the modern era, such as formalism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism, Critical Race Theory, queer theory, new historicism, disability studies, and computational criticism.
Professors for ENG 4020 at Baruch, Fall 2026
- Timothy AubryChill Rank 3 of 5: Fair?
1 section · 0 open · ★ 4.4 (91) · difficulty 3.3/5 · 74% would take again
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ENG 4020 sections, times and seats
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