New and Updated Course Descriptions

ENG 240 - Reading Popular Culture

This course has been deactivated and no longer offered at MCC

3 Credits

A literature course that examines the theories of, approaches to, and topics within popular culture that have been or are the conditions for social change. Utilizing short stories, poetry, novels, and dramatic literature, students will consider the impact of pop art, film, radio, television, advertising, comics, fads and fashion, and everyday culture on the human condition.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 with a C or higher, or placement into ENG 200, or instructor permission.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe popular literature’s origins and history.
2. Describe popular literature’s subgenres and conventions.
3. Explain popular literature’s relationship to culture.
4. Categorize popular texts in the context of other genres of literature.
5. Analyze common themes in cultural intellectual history.
6. Discuss the formal composition of popular literature.
7. Discuss the cultural significance of popular literature.
8. Describe the themes of popular literature.
9. Write a thesis-based essay using literature as a primary source.
10. Apply the appropriate formal conventions when writing about literature.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of popular literature’s subgenres and conventions

Course Offered Fall, Spring