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PXET3109 - LITERATURE AND POPULAR CULTURE (2 Credit Hours)

            Synopsis:

            This course aims at giving students exposure to the reading of specific literary texts in English and various types of mass
            media material to stress the relationship between literature and contemporary popular culture. Students will be exposed to
            specific  literaty  genre  and  will  relate  specific  literaty  tetxs  read  in  the  course  with  issues  and  themes  raised  in  films,
            television, song, picture/illustrations and newspaper articles.

            Assessment Method   : Assignment  -  60%,  Examination  -  40%

            Medium of Instruction  : English Language

            References :

            Waltes, B. 1982. Popular Culture:Past And Present: A Reader. C. Helm in association with the Open University Press.
            Harrington, C. Lee. 2001. Popular Culture: Production And Consumption. Blackwell Publishers.
            Storey, John. 2000. Cultural Theory And Popular Culture: An Introduction. Prentice Hall.

            PXET3110 - TEXTS FOR SCHOOLS (2 Credit Hours)

            Synopsis:

            Selected texts will be studied closely to equip students with the tools of critial analysis, and an understanding of the social,
            political, cultural and intellectual contexts of the relevant era.

            Assessment Method   : Assignment  -  60%,  Examination  -  40%

            Medium of Instruction  : English Language

            References :

            Hardy, Thomas. 1966. Selected Shorter Poems of Thomas Hardy.London: Macmillian.
            Keats, J. 1998. Selected Poetry. Oxford: Oxford UP.
            Rhys, Jean. 1966. Wide Sargasso Sea. London: Andre Deutsh.
            Shakespeare, W. 1969. Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge University  Press.























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