English 345 - Popular Literatures

Institution:

West Virginia State University

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Description:

A study of the conventions of a selected literary genre (e.g., Gothic literature, science fi ction, detective fi ction) through reading and analysis of clasic examples. The course focus will be announced each time it is offered. In addition to an overview of the defi nition and history of the genre, the course will examine the conventions (e.g., setting, types of characters and dramatic confl icts, acceptable literature. Larger cultural confl icts often refl ected in these works, such as Gothin literature's treatment of exotic materials related to colonialism or science fi ction's refl ections of anxieties about progress, will be explored. PREREQUISITE: ENGL 150.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wvstateu.edu

Phone Number:

(304) 766-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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