Proseminar in Poetics and the Origins of Literary Theory
G40.2001
Introduces students to the most important developments in the Western history of theorizing literature, its production, and its interpretation. Since many courses at NYU survey 20th-century literary theory, this course offers some historical background: it brings into conjunction pre- and post-18th-century traditions that rarely come into contact in the curriculum and are unlikely to be taught in one course. Issues include the definition of literary genres, differences in registers of style, the relation of pleasure to morality, of the practical to the aesthetic, and the transformation of these issues in post-Kantian theories of interpretation.

Poetics and Theory Seminar
G40.2002
One course every year is identified as the Poetics and Theory Seminar, which focuses on the subject matter of the conference so that students have a curricular framework for preparing a paper for the conference. This course is meant for students who are already at an advanced stage in their research.

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