Popular Literature and Culture

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Note: This course satisfies the “Language, Philosophy, and Culture” or “Component Area” options in the Core Curriculum. This course examines how popular works both reflect and shape contemporary cultural values, beliefs, and practices. Students will analyze aesthetic, narrative, and perceptual aspects of popular texts as well as their production, circulation, and reception within socio-historical contexts to examine why certain texts become popular and what value that popularity holds for both academia and culture more broadly. Prerequisites: ENG 1302 .