Detective Fiction.

Catalog description

Readings in and analysis of crime and detective fictions (novels, short stories, plays, etc.). Crime fiction continually asks us what do we know about people and events and how do we know it. Investigates a variety of texts that address this desire to know and its connections to the mysterious and the criminal. Discussions of this popular genre will address the ways in which an obsession with crime and punishment manifests itself in various cultures and cultural moments.