Theories of Culture introduces students to critically relevant theories of culture such as Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Ernst Cassirer, Antonio Gramsci, Theodor Adorno, Pierre Bourdieu, and Homi Bhabha. The course is meant to complement the strong offering across literature departments and the Centre for Comparative Literature with a course that looks at the larger theoretical underpinnings that frame theories of readings and interpretation of all sorts. How do concepts of culture and cultural production frame our understanding of the function of literature, reading, and interpretation, etc.