ENGL 122
Keywords in Theory
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisites: courses 10A, 10B, and 10C, or 11 and 87. Recommended: courses 120, 121. Taking its model from Raymond Williams' classic vocabulary of culture and society, investigation of fundamental theoretical concepts, or keywords, that have emerged from variety of intellectual disciplines to shape literary and cultural studies. Consideration of lexical development of such keywords; how they alter and enrich assumptions about textuality, readers, and authorship; and how they engender interpretive paradigms and methodologies for study of literature and culture. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2023 - I would like to start by saying that Professor Dimuro is a really kind professor, and it's obvious that he puts a lot of effort into this class. I think he said he even helped design the Keywords in Theory courses. When I went for help, he really did try to help. That being said, this is not an easy class. You'll read a range of difficult texts from Marx to Raymond Williams and Mathew Arnold and even Pierre Bourdieu. You'll read complex sociology papers and journals and out of all the 50 pages of reading, you'll only need to understand one or two sociology based ideas and he will try and apply that to the idea of Culture and community. There's small responses due like 4 times in a quarter, two papers, and a final. Dimuro himself is softspoken and reads off of his notes for a good portion so sometimes it's hard to stay engaged, and alot of time time class passes by with sometimes meaningless over analyzation of the concepts we're learning. This class felt more sociology based than English based. I wouldn't recommend this class if you're looking for an easy A. I was thoroughly confused most of the quarter and was honestly surprised I got a B+. You do learn some cool concepts, and Dimuro is a nice guy.
Winter 2023 - I would like to start by saying that Professor Dimuro is a really kind professor, and it's obvious that he puts a lot of effort into this class. I think he said he even helped design the Keywords in Theory courses. When I went for help, he really did try to help. That being said, this is not an easy class. You'll read a range of difficult texts from Marx to Raymond Williams and Mathew Arnold and even Pierre Bourdieu. You'll read complex sociology papers and journals and out of all the 50 pages of reading, you'll only need to understand one or two sociology based ideas and he will try and apply that to the idea of Culture and community. There's small responses due like 4 times in a quarter, two papers, and a final. Dimuro himself is softspoken and reads off of his notes for a good portion so sometimes it's hard to stay engaged, and alot of time time class passes by with sometimes meaningless over analyzation of the concepts we're learning. This class felt more sociology based than English based. I wouldn't recommend this class if you're looking for an easy A. I was thoroughly confused most of the quarter and was honestly surprised I got a B+. You do learn some cool concepts, and Dimuro is a nice guy.
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