16.7 2nd and 3rd year Ken Gelder. First semester One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject successfully will:

• be familiar with some important genres of popular fiction, and some representative examples of each genre;
• understand and apply theoretical concepts of form, ideology and readership to popular texts and fan communities.

This subject explores questions of form, ideology and the 'popular' itself in five genres: crime fiction, science fiction, the thriller, romance and the blockbuster. Written work of up to 5,000 words. Chricton M Jurassic Park. Christie A Murder on the Orient Express Fontana Cookson C The Dwelling Place. Doyle A C The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Penguin Fleming I The Spy Who Loved Me. Harris T The Silence of the Lambs Mandarin. McCullough C The Thorn Birds. Simmons D Hyperion Susan J Valley of the Dolls. Wells H G The War of the Worlds Penguin Rice A The Mummy. 16.7 Ken Gelder. First semester. One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial each week Students who complete this subject successfully will:

• be familiar with some important genres of popular fiction, and some representative examples of each genre; and
• understand and apply theoretical concepts of form, ideology and readership to popular texts and fan communities.

This subject explores questions of form, ideology and the "popular" itself in five genres: crime fiction, science fiction, the thriller, romance and the blockbuster. Written work of up to 5,000 words. Chricton M Jurrasic Park. Christie A Murder on the Orient Express Fontana Cookson C The Dwelling Place. Doyle A C The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Penguin Fleming I The Spy Who Loved Me. Harris T The Silence of the Lambs Mandarin McCullough C The Thorn Birds. Simmons D Hyperion. Susan J Valley of the Dolls. Wells H G The War of the Worlds Penguin Rice A The Mummy.