ENGH 202: Texts and Contexts

ENGH 202-DL2: Gambling
(Fall 2026)

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Section Information for Fall 2026

ENGH 202 - DL2: Gambling

We’re all gamblers now. This course tries to figure out what that means by exploring works of literature and film that portray the consciousness of gambling and how its sensibilities of risk, identity, and social meaning have changed over time. We will engage with representations and themes of gambling across a range of materials from classic short stories and novels to contemporary non-fiction and film. In addition to learning to understand gambling as more than a business but as a social and psychological phenomenon, students will learn skills of interpreting cultural contexts in works of art as well as writing and researching arguments. Assessment consists of quizzes, discussions, exams and individual projects connecting the insights of literature of the past with our contemporary moment.

This is an online asynchronous section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Notes: Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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