Examines twentieth-century and contemporary methodologies, such as New Criticism; formalism; structuralism; poststructuralism; hermeneutics; semiotics; reader response; psychoanalysis; Marxism; theories of gender, sexuality, and race; and cultural studies. Prerequisite: English majors must have earned a C or better in ENGL 3350 and in one literature survey course (ENGL 3340, ENGL 3341, ENGL 3351, ENGL 3352, ENGL 3361, or ENGL 3362). Non-majors must have earned a C or better in 3 hours of sophomore literature (ENGL 2303, ENGL 2309, ENGL 2319, ENGL 2329).