ENGL 3100: Approaches to Literature and Culture

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature, such as formalism, race studies, new historicism, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonialism, ecocriticism, class studies, and poststructuralism, with an emphasis on diverse perspectives and on writing about literature. Section information text: This course is designed to introduce you to critical theory as it applies to close readings of literature. We will study different critical approaches and practice using them to read primary texts, as well as spending class time discussing writing. This should help you develop critical thinking and writing skills that are essential for success in English studies and in communication. I want you to think of this course as centrally important in your career as an English major, as it teaches you the skilled and rigorous work of reading and communicating critically about a piece of literature (and culture), thus building on what you can already do (read literature for leisure).

Average GPA: 2.95

Grade distribution records: 987 students across 21 terms.

Grade distribution

Based on 987 student grade records across 21 terms and 10 professors.

Instructors

• Kathleen Hogan 285 students, Average GPA 3.02
• Maya Socolovsky 222 students, Average GPA 2.85
• Matthew Rowney 174 students, Average GPA 2.76
• Clayton Tarr 94 students, Average GPA 3.22
• Jessica Morton 60 students, Average GPA 2.76
• Lilian Brannon 44 students, Average GPA 3.02
• Yekaterina Dolmatova 38 students, Average GPA 3.19
• Brook Blaylock 36 students, Average GPA 2.52
• Juan Meneses Naranjo 21 students, Average GPA 3.43
• Alan Rauch 13 students, Average GPA 3.40