XHH 305 - Language, Literature, and Meaning

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Connections Block: ENG 384-B007 Literary Criticism and PHL 330-B007 Philosophy of Language Students explore the nature of meaning from the perspectives of philosophy and literary criticism. Studying the schools of criticism and the philosophy of language, the class investigates the meaning/language connection, how language hooks onto the world, the sense/nonsense distinction, the role of context in meaning and understanding, connections between theory, criticism, and literature, and how theoretical approaches to the study of literature question and shape the making of meaning in literary texts.
General Education Discipline: Humanities
Prerequisites: Any ENG course