1. I. Purpose of a Theme
Course Themes

2. Unification

3. Strange Connections

4. Sans Theme

5. II. Choosing a Theme

6. What's a Theme

7. Refining a Theme

8. Choosing Your Texts

9. III. Sub-Themes

10. Providing Structure

11. Variation

12. Progress

13. IV. Popular Themes

14. Monstrosity
Sub-themes might include: monster as other, defining the monster, monsters and heroes

15. Home
Sub-themes might include: Memory and place, belonging, diaspora, colonialism

16. The “Hero”
Sub-themes might include: heroes journey, the hero re-imagined, masks, hero as villain

17. Utopia
Sub-themes might include: politics and justice, gender and equality, dystopic futures

18. Otherness
Sub-themes might include: the racial other, the self as other, negotiating otherness