CRIT501

This course will introduce students to foundational concepts, thinkers, and trajectories in critical theory with the aim of understanding what critical theory is, and how students can best utilize it in their own scholarly and creative interests. The course begins by surveying topics such as capitalism, psychoanalysis, and power before turning our attention to race, (settler/de)colonization, gender, sexuality, aesthetics, and affect. At the end of the course, students will be equipped with key theoretical and conceptual vocabularies.

Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies

Portland