Chapter 1

Crime and Detective Fiction

Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four or selected stories

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Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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The Development of the 'Whodunit'

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Logic, Deduction, and the Figure of the Detective

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Social anxieties and the restoration of order

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Chapter 2

Children's Literature and Fantasy

Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter series (Contextual study)

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Nonsense verse and the subversion of didacticism

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World-building and the Hero's Journey

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Constructing Childhood in Literature

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 3

Science Fiction and Dystopia

H.G. Wells: The Time Machine

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Ursula K. Le Guin: Selected works

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Technological anxiety and futuristic societies

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Post-apocalyptic themes and allegories

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Gender and identity in Speculative Fiction

medium • 5 min read

Chapter 4

Graphic Novels and Comics

Art Spiegelman: Maus (Selections)

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Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis

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Visual storytelling and the integration of text/image

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Trauma, memory, and autobiography in comics

medium • 4 min read

The evolution of the superhero genre

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Chapter 5

Romance and Young Adult Literature

Chetan Bhagat / Popular Indian Romance

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Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games

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Tropes of Romantic fiction

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Coming-of-age narratives and teenage rebellion

medium • 4 min read

Consumerism, media, and Popular Culture theory

medium • 5 min read