Irene Sywenky

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Dept
Directory

Fall Term 2024 (1890)

C LIT 207 - Modern Literary Thought

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Major modern and contemporary theoretical schools, such as structuralism, poststructuralism, reader response, psychoanalytic critique, gender and queer theory, postcolonialism, ecocriticism and transhumanism.

LECTURE A1 (54306)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 11:00 - 12:20



MLCS 651 - Critical Theory I

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Literary and cultural theory from classical times to the twentieth century from around the world. Students will read primary texts. Prerequisite: consent of Department.

SEMINAR A1 (54327)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
T 13:00 - 15:50

Winter Term 2025 (1900)

C LIT 228 - Literature, Popular Culture, and the Visual Arts

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Poetics of such popular genres as crime fiction, spy fiction, the horror story, etc., and their relation to mainstream literature and culture.

LECTURE B1 (78665)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
TR 14:00 - 15:20



C LIT 243 - Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

A survey of European fairy tales and an introduction to critical and theoretical approaches to the folk tale in general and the fairy tale in particular.

LECTURE B1 (78421)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
TR 11:00 - 12:20