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Course Guide:

English 430:
The Antihero in Fiction and Film

Professor Loretta Shelton

Anti-hero

- Find books

Searches books, journal titles, government documents, videos, and compact discs.

HELIN offers two search types: Heading and Keyword.

Heading Searches:

Headings searches are by Subject heading, Author or Title.

Use this type of search when you know the name of an author, a correct title, or a Library of Congress Subject Heading.

Sample subject headings for this class:

Topic Subject Heading
Heroes Heroes in Literature
Villains Villains in Literature
Villains in Pop Culture
The Stranger (Camus) Camus Albert 1913 1960 Etranger
Notes From the Underground (Dostoyevsky) Dostoyevsky Fyodor 1821 1881 Zapiski Iz Podpolia
Dostoyevsky Fyodor 1821 1881 Criticism And Interpretation
The Collector (Fowles) Fowles John 1926 2005 Criticism And Interpretation
"A Country Doctor"
"The Hunger Artist" (Kafka) 		Kafka Franz 1883 1924 Criticism And Interpretation
The Aeneid (Virgil) Virgil Aeneis
The Bible Bible As Literature
Literary Characters Characters and Characteristics in Literature
Shakespearean Characters Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Characters
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Characters Caliban
Shakespeare William 1564 1616 Characters Heroes
Frankenstein (Shelley) Frankenstein Fictitious Character
Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft 1797 1851 Frankenstein
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson) Stevenson Robert Louis 1850 1894 Criticism And Interpretation
Motion Pictures with Antiheroes Puzo, Mario, 1920-1999. Godfather
Citizen Kane Motion Picture
Leone Sergio 1929 1989 Criticism And Interpretation (The Good, The Bad and the Ugly)
Keyword Searching:

Use this type of search when you do not know the proper LC Subject heading for your topic, or when you know some of the words but not all the words in a title. Or to expand or narrow your search.

Sample keyword searches for this class:

antiheroes
heroes and villians

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