Post-Modernism in Literature Theory

This year I'm redoing my Literature Theory course at the university. I was shocked by the change in the sylabus of the tutorial for the course. Gone are Plato, Aristotle and Shklovsky, Lessing and Heidegger and Foucault. Enter Neil Gaiman, Max Brooks, Mary Renault, Dan Simmons and Harlan Ellison (google them - it's worth it). There are also screenings of Tim Barton's "Big Fish" and Blomkamp's "District 9". Apparently, it's called Post-Modernistic Literature Theory and seems they decided it would appeal more to the contemporary students. It's going to be an interesting semester.