ENGL 3053 - Popular Literature

Common Course Number: ENGL 30543
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture
Offered: Irregular

Popular literature genres such as Gothic horror, mystery, science-fiction, fantasy, romance, and the Western. Study includes the development of popular genres, popular literature’s reflection and impact on the culture from which it emerges, the significance of values associated with “high” and “low” literature, and narrative patterns characteristic of popular genres. Topics will rotate.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1203 - Composition I or ENGL 1233 - Honors Composition