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Spring 2021 - 2nd Sem 2020-21
Apr 25, 2024 |
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| ENGL 345 - POPULAR LITERATURES: |
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A study of the conventions of a selected literary genre (e.g., Gothic literature, science fiction, detective fiction) through reading and analysis of classic examples. The course focus will be announced each time it is offered. In addition to an overview of the definition and history of the genre, the course will examine the conventions (e.g., setting, types of characters and dramatic conflicts, acceptable resolutions) that identify this body of literature and how they compare to our expectations of high literature. Larger cultural conflicts often reflected in these works, such as Gothic literature’s treatment of exotic materials related to colonialism or science fiction’s reflections of anxieties about progress, will be explored. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 150 or 102, or permission of the instructor.
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