Course Title:  Literature 901: The Da Vinci Code, A Genre

Prerequisite:  None

Credits:  4

One measure of success in the world of publishing is the controversies and spin-offs a book produces. Well, for Dan Brown and his book The Da Vinci Code, success is a forgone conclusion. Not only has Brown drawn criticism from the Catholic hierarchy and stirred the passions of various readers around the world with his novel of secret societies, religious conspiracies, and selective historical facts, he also has enable a whole genre to arise that portends to expose the truths behind The Da Vinci Code. This course from the Right Sarcasm University Literature Department is designed to introduce the book that started it all, and expose the stunningly long list of books that contend to know the truth behind The Da Vinci Code.