Popular Fiction (ENL3002)
Faculty of Arts - University of Southern Queensland
Semester 1 / 2009

Texts

Blade runner [film]!$!Scott, Ridley (dir.)!$! !$!Warner!$!1982
Dracula!$!Stoker, Bram!$! New York!$!Norton!$!1997
y separately published work icon The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Marele Day , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1988 Z211688 1988 single work novel crime (taught in 3 units) A Claudia Valentine mystery. Mark Bannister is writing 'the bestseller of the century'. But when he's found dead at his computer he seems to be the victim of a murder so perfect that Claudia Valentine smells a rat - and wants it caught. Witty, wry and fast-paced, The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender is a thriller with a twist and a crime novel which brilliantly evokes the sleaze beneath the surface of a city's glittering facade.
Carrie!$!King, S!$! London!$!New English Library!$!1975
Dr No!$!Fleming, I!$! New York!$!Charter Books!$!1987
The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes!$!Doyle, AC!$! London!$!Penguin!$!1950
The spy who came in from the cold!$!Le Carre, J!$! London!$!Pan!$!1964
Do androids dream of electric sheep!$!Dick, PK!$! London!$!Ballantine Books!$!1982

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to a series of critical debates concerned with the social, cultural and political status of popular narrative. A number of popular narrative forms will be considered in the context of these debates.

Assessment

TUTORIAL PARTICIPATION 10%

ASSIGNMENT 1 - 1000 WORDS 20%

ASSIGNMENT 2 - 2000 WORDS 40%

2 HOUR EXAMINATION 30%

Other Details

Offered in: 2006
Current Campus: Toowoomba
Levels: Undergraduate
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