I. Purpose of a Theme Course Themes
Unification
Strange Connections
Sans Theme
II. Choosing a Theme
What's a Theme
Refining a Theme
Choosing Your Texts
III. Sub-Themes
Providing Structure
Variation
Progress
IV. Popular Themes
Monstrosity Sub-themes might include: monster as other, defining the monster, monsters and heroes
Home Sub-themes might include: Memory and place, belonging, diaspora, colonialism
The “Hero” Sub-themes might include: heroes journey, the hero re-imagined, masks, hero as villain
Utopia Sub-themes might include: politics and justice, gender and equality, dystopic futures
Otherness Sub-themes might include: the racial other, the self as other, negotiating otherness