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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 22461
Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 301
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Today’s media craze isn’t new, despite the constant commentary to the contrary. The explosion of print media in the 1800s rocked the English-speaking world. Just as we hear people today decry Facebook and Instagram and whatever they invent next, so too did society fret and worry about the ever-expanding number of newspapers, specialized magazines, and low brow periodicals that published popular fiction like Sherlock Holmes. In this course, we will dig into the cultural perspectives of mass media during the transformative eras of the 19th and 21st centuries. We will look at both written and visual media, including cartoons, illustrations, fiction and non-fiction. And, of course, we will draw on our own personal media experiences, too. Course texts will include Sherlock Holmes stories, GONE GIRL, the vampire novel CARMILLA, and excerpts from THE ONION. You will also subscribe to one online newspaper, such as the NEW YORK TIMES or the WALL STREET JOURNAL for the duration of the semester. Course projects will include traditional writing and writing that utilizes current media technologies. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits