ENGL 483 - Cultural Criticism for Publication and Industry

3 Credits

Spring
Amalgamating close reading practices, critical theory, and sociohistorical context within the real-world setting of cultural texts produced for public consumption, this course prepares students for being professional cultural critics. Students will strengthen the critical writing, research, and thinking skills required to be a credible critic of literary, theatrical, cinematic, musical, visual, digital, culinary, and game-based arts. Theory meets practice in this class with students learning about the history of cultural criticism, the principles behind contemporary criticism, the importance of contextualizing cultural products, and how to craft a well-structured review. Students will harness their writing skills for print, digital, radio, and streaming media.