At the end of the course you should be able to:

• explore and understand some of the approaches to, and concepts involved in, the study of modern popular fiction.

• apply critical approaches and concepts to the study of a variety of modern popular fiction texts.

• identify and analyse the treatment of recurrent themes and issues - social class, gender, national identity, social and psychological identity - in modern popular fiction texts.

• consider the development of, and determining contexts behind, various forms of modern popular fiction

• develop an awareness and understanding of the relationship between popular fiction, ideology, culture and society.

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