ENGL 2440 — The Modern Bestseller

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath IC

Focuses on contemporary commercially successful fiction and nonfiction, including memoir, dystopian, fantasy, young adult, and experimental works. Examines the historical, cultural, and political contexts in which bestsellers were written and how they are named “bestsellers.” Taking race, gender, class, and other identity markers into consideration, explores how some writers and audiences are included or excluded from the most popular bestseller lists.

Prerequisites

• one of:
  • ENGL 1102 (min C)
  • ENGL 1111 (min C)
  • ENGW 1102 (min C)
  • ENGW 1111 (min C)
  • ENGW 1113 (min C)
  • ENGW 1114 (min C)

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