ENGL 360 - Studies in Popular Culture

Institution:

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

This writing-intensive course provides an in-depth study of the relationship between literature and culture. Students will examine consumption and influences of popular culture, or the ways social structures (such as power, race, ability, or gender and sexuality) influence the construction of texts and our response to them. Specific topic will vary by instructor and may include: film noir, global hip hop, and pulp fiction. Course work will include discussion and research of relevant cultural and historical matters, frequent written analyses of course texts and contexts, sustained analytic essays, and student-led discussion and/or class presentations.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ENGL 130

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/15/2016 - 08/25/2024 

Institution Website:

www.ship.edu/

Phone Number:

(717) 477-7447

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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