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    Contemporary and Pop. Lit Syllabus

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    This 3-unit course focuses on critical issues in contemporary and popular world literature genres. The course objectives are to define popular literature and its relationship to culture, identify characteristics and emerging themes, and analyze the historical and social influences on specific genres. The course content will cover 14 popular literature genres including action/adventure, classics, comics, detective, fantasy, historical fiction, and more. Students will be evaluated on class participation, major exams, and a final assignment analyzing a work from one of the genres.

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    This 3-unit course focuses on critical issues in contemporary and popular world literature genres. The course objectives are to define popular literature and its relationship to culture, identify characteristics and emerging themes, and analyze the historical and social influences on specific genres. The course content will cover 14 popular literature genres including action/adventure, classics, comics, detective, fantasy, historical fiction, and more. Students will be evaluated on class participation, major exams, and a final assignment analyzing a work from one of the genres.

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    This 3-unit course focuses on critical issues in contemporary and popular world literature genres. The course objectives are to define popular literature and its relationship to culture, identify characteristics and emerging themes, and analyze the historical and social influences on specific genres. The course content will cover 14 popular literature genres including action/adventure, classics, comics, detective, fantasy, historical fiction, and more. Students will be evaluated on class participation, major exams, and a final assignment analyzing a work from one of the genres.

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    COURSE OUTLINE IN CONTEMPORARY AND POPULAR EMERGENT

    LITERATURE

    COURSE TITLE : Contemporary and Popular Emergent Literature

    COURSE CODE : CONPOPLIT

    NUMBER OF UNITS : 3 UNITS

    CONTACT HOURS : 3 HOURS

    PREREQUISITE : ELANGACQ

    COURSE REQUIREMENTS :
    Microteaching

    COURSE DESCRIPTION :

    The course focuses on critical issues in contemporary and popular world literature and genres.

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

    1. Define the meaning of literature and popular literature, popular literature in


    relation to popular culture, various genre in popular literature classification.
    2. Identify the characteristics of popular literature, its forms, and emerging
    themes in popular literary works.
    3. Identify and analyze the historical, social, political, and
    literary dynamics which foster the development of a specific genre of
    popular literature or of a specific theme manifest in popular
    literature.
    4. Identify and analyze themes and concerns which define the genre,
    reflect the culture, characterize the history of the genre, extend
    across cultures, and/or appeal to a given culture or subculture.
    5. Identify, analyze, and discuss ways the popular genre affects
    the target audiences within that public and impacts the development of
    mainstream literature.
    COURSE CONTENT

    PRELIM and MIDTERM FINALS


    1.Overview of the Course
    G. Horror
    2. Nature, Essence, and significance of  The Bird Box by Josh Malerman
    contemporary and popular literature.
    H. Literary Fiction
    3.Key concepts, terminology and  Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
    methodologies in the analysis of popular
    and contemporary literary works I.Romance
     Gone with the Wind by Margaret
    4. Genres in Popular/Contemporary Mitchell
    Literature
    J.Science Fiction
    A. Action/Adventure  The Hunger Games Trilogy by
    Suzanne Collins
     Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone K.Suspense Thriller
    by J.K. Rowling  The Guardians by John Grisham
     Life of Pi by Yaan Mantel
    L. Biographies/Autobiographies
    B. Classics  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    by Maya Angelou
     Little Women by Louisa May Alcott M. Poetry
     The Sun and her Flowers by Rupe
    C. Comic/Graphic Novels Kaur
    N. Drama/ Romance Comedy
     The Walking Dead: Compendium  Mr. Sunshine – Korean Drama
    One by Robert Kirkman  Goblin- Korean Romance-Comedy

    D. Detective/Mystery

     And Then There Were None by


    Agatha Christie

    E. Fantasy

     The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi


    Coates

    F. Historical Fiction

     Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur


    Golden

    GRADING SYSTEM (Campus ++):

    Class Standing:70%
    Major Exams: 30%
    Passing Percentage for General Education Subjects: 50%
    Passing Percentage for Professional and major subjects: 60%

    REFERENCES:

    Glover,D. and McCracken,S. eds.(2012) The cambridge companion to popular fiction.


    New York: Cambridge UP.

    Kubala, R.. (2015). “Philosophy, literature and emotional engagement” (CW). Retrieved
    from https://courseworks.columbia.edu.

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