Crime and Literature

Catalog description

This introductory course focuses on representations of crime in novels and short stories. The primary goal of this course is to equip you with the basic tools you need to interpret fiction. Examining how narrative elements such as plot, character, point of view, and setting function in literature will enable you to analyze, not just comprehend and summarize, fiction. This course counts towards the fulfillment of the Disciplinary Perspectives element of the CLAS general education curriculum.