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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 253 - Studies in Popular Culture

3 Credits

(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. This course will examine and analyze popular culture and its representation in different media ranging from such diverse examples as hip-hop music to sci-fi cinema. Specifically, manifestations of popular culture in literature, film, television, music, and advertising will be assessed, as will the growing role of technology in the creation and understanding of culture. In addition, this course will assess the rhetorical situation of the examined texts, and analyze those texts through the application of traditional rhetorical and literary methods.