Literary analysis is not an attempt to define literature but to understand the immersive record of "Being" expressed by what is called literature. Valuing the imaginative and world-building capacity of literature across cultures and history.

Non-credit

Residential

Accepts International Students

Application fee waiver

In this course, we will explore the relationship between literary theory and literary analysis. And, we will learn the analytical competencies that make literary analysis indispensable to literary scholars and casual readers, data miners, preachers, advertisers, and the intelligence community. In short, to know what a text means, we first must be able to say how it means.

We will begin by examining how various disciplines such as the sciences, athletics, and intelligence agencies do analysis. Then we will turn to short films and short stories to develop our own analytical skills.

Los Angeles Area Excursion
In addition to their work in the classroom, students will leave campus for a field trip related to course content.

Program Outcomes:
- Know how to read literature closely and understand the appropriate technical and critical vocabulary to interpret it.
- Analyze a literary text and discern secondary sources relevant, informative, and necessary to understand the richness of its world.
- Understand the unique potentiality of literature to convey the ambiguities and complexity of human experience.
- Learn how to construct arguments based on the evidence supplied by a literary text and use appropriate critical frameworks to contextualize and ground their interpretations.

Single Session

Jun 25 - Jul 08

2 weeks

Residential

5400 USD

Tuition and Fees
Application Fee: $65

2023 Program Cost: $5,400

The program cost includes:
- Tuition for two-week, non-credit course
- Housing and meals for two weeks
- Course materials
- Use of campus recreation facilities
- Class field trips
- Two weekend social trips off campus

Application Fee: A $65 non-refundable application fee is due to the Summer Programs office to complete your application. Application Fees can be paid online using a credit card or via personal check payable to Loyola Marymount University.

Enrollment Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $350 must be submitted once a student has been notified of his or her acceptance into the program. Enrollment deposits can be paid online with credit card or via personal check, payable to Loyola Marymount University. To ensure their spot in the program, deposits are due no later than two weeks after a student's acceptance into his or her program.

Program Balance: The final balance must be paid in full no later than Thursday, June 1, 2023. Program balances can be paid with credit card or via personal check, payable to Loyola Marymount University.

Financial Aid

Application fee waivers are granted rarely and only in extreme circumstances.