HNAR-326: Fanfiction

This class will survey the history and significance of fanfic from the early 1990's to the present. We will examine a range of cultures and practices. Through charting the discourses of pathology and empowerment that circulate around the cultural conception of the "fan," we will consider contemporary debates around fan labor and the commodification of fan culture. In addition to critically analyzing fans' transformative works, students will mobilize course concepts to produce and theorize fan texts of their own.