Introductory Approaches to Cultural Studies

This lecture course introduces students to some of the major critical approaches associated with the interdisciplinary field of 카지노 게임 컬렉션�cultural studies,카지노 게임 컬렉션� with a particular emphasis on how that field has reshaped our understanding of popular fiction. Cultural studies draws on a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, anthropology, film and media studies, but the primary focus here will be on the ways in which it intersects with literary studies and helps us better understand (for example) distinctions between 카지노 게임 컬렉션�high카지노 게임 컬렉션� and 카지노 게임 컬렉션�low카지노 게임 컬렉션� or 카지노 게임 컬렉션�middlebrow카지노 게임 컬렉션� literary production, and the often disavowed relations between literature and the marketplace. The course proceeds chronologically, charting changing conceptions of popular fiction카지노 게임 컬렉션�and, more broadly, popular culture카지노 게임 컬렉션�in (for the most part) Britain and North America from the nineteenth century to the present. The course will be organized into seven sub-units, each focused on a particular sub-genre of popular fiction (e.g., mystery, horror, romance).