English 5711
Classics of Literary Criticism
Michael Hancher
Fall 1996
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 11:15-12:05
Lind Hall 229
A survey of basic texts in classical (Greek and Roman)
criticism, read
in English translations; and of influential texts in the English
critical
tradition from Sir Philip Sidney to T. S. Eliot. These critical
works pay
special attention to the genres of drama and poetry, although
they have
broader implications. Leading topics include the uses of writing
and of
representation (imitation); sources of the artist's creativity;
the propriety
of censorship. Since this course ends around 1920, some previous
experience
of drama or poetry written before the modern period would be
appropriate.
Not a course in academic theory, though preparatory to more
advanced work.
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Michael Hancher
Department of English, University of Minnesota
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Created 9 July 1996
Last revised 17 September 1996