Inside Higher Ed

Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event?

In 1966, Roland Barthes published a short book—a pamphlet, really—called Criticism and Truth, in response to Raymond Picard, a distinguished professor and the biographer of the French classical ...
JSTOR Daily

Review: Creating Analytical Writers: A Review of Beyond Literary Analysis: Teaching Students to Write With Passion and Authority About Any Text

Reviewed Work: Beyond Literary Analysis: Teaching Students to Write With Passion and Authority About Any Text by Allison Marchetti, Rebekah O’Dell ...
Pratt Institute

HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I

This class serves as an introduction to reading and writing about literary texts and critical theory, with a concentration on composition, critical analysis, and research. Students are required to ...
The New York Times

As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line

Agatha Christie. Roald Dahl. Ian Fleming. Classics are being reworked to remove offensive language. But some readers wonder, when does posthumous editing go too far? By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A ...