{"id":1813,"date":"2025-08-04T04:28:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/?page_id=1813"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:07:46","slug":"clit2094-introduction-to-critical-theory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/clit2094-introduction-to-critical-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"CLIT2094: Introduction to critical theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6 Credits| <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/faculty\/daniel-elam\/\">Prof. Daniel Elam<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This introductory course examines some of the foundational texts, concepts, and arguments within the field of critical theory, with particular \u00a0focus on the Frankfurt School, the most vibrant benefactor of the critical tradition (<em>Kritik<\/em>).\u00a0 It is a foundational survey that \u00a0prepares students for further work in literary, film, \u00a0and cultural studies. Readings will vary by instructor but will include texts by thinkers directly associated with the Frankfurt School (e.g. Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, J\u00fcrgen Habermas) as well as those who inherited its varied critical projects (e.g. Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Edward Said, Michel Foucault). \u00a0Readings will include\u00a0 secondary sources and may be supplemented by select literary, visual, or other texts which illuminate particular theories, concepts, or approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Assessment: 100% coursework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Credits| Prof. Daniel Elam This introductory course examines some of the foundational texts, concepts, and arguments within the field of critical theory, with particular \u00a0focus on the Frankfurt School, the most vibrant benefactor of the critical tradition (Kritik).\u00a0 It is a foundational survey that \u00a0prepares students for further work in literary, film, \u00a0and cultural &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/clit2094-introduction-to-critical-theory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CLIT2094: Introduction to critical theory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1813","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/complit.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}