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Popular Literature

Popular Literature . English 266. Book … or movie?. or comic ?. or graphic novel? …or movie. or manga ?. Pop Lit = mass market . Romance novels Westerns Mysteries Horror Science Fiction manga. Popular? In 2007…. Romance novels $1.4 billion Westerns Mysteries Horror

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Popular Literature

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  1. Popular Literature English 266

  2. Book … or movie?

  3. or comic?

  4. or graphic novel? …or movie

  5. or manga ?

  6. Pop Lit = mass market • Romance novels • Westerns • Mysteries • Horror • Science Fiction • manga

  7. Popular? In 2007… • Romance novels $1.4 billion • Westerns • Mysteries • Horror • Science Fiction • Manga = $ 380 billion !! in Japan alone

  8. Enthymeme: Latin enthymema, from Greek enthymēma, from enthymeisthai to keep in mind, from en- + thymos mind, soul [1552] The premise is implicit. “Many of this culture’s most potent enthymemes, e.g. those of advertisers and others who would influence the masses . . .” (Rhetoric and civility: human development, narcissism, and the good audience  By Harold Barrett, 1991)

  9. What is ‘popular’ both molds & reflects “the masses” . . . What aspect of videogames’ impact do you want to examine this quarter? Game on…

  10. Credits Fallout 3. Bethesda 2009 GTA Gay Tony. Rockstar 2009 Ivy. Soulcalibur. Namco 2008 Moore, Alan & Dave Gibbons. Watchmen. DC Comics 1986-87 (12 issues) Takeuchi, Naoko. Sailor Moon美少女戦士セーラームーン Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn1992-1997

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