LIT 305 - Popular Fiction

Institution:

Southern New Hampshire University

Subject:

Literature

Description:

This course will analyze today's popular fiction in America. What makes a book a "best seller"? What makes "literature" sell (in the millions of copies)? Writers who strike it rich generaly write books that are fast-faced and easy to read, follow a set of conventions that readers recognize, and touch a nerve within their society. This course will introduce students to a variety of literary sub-genres (such as true crime, memoir, road novel, detective fiction, western, and mystery) and to the media culture that hypes and sells these books.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.snhu.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 668-2211

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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