Literature of Crime and Punishment.

Catalog description

This course examines literature that has challenged laws of the society in which they were written or has questioned or complicated notions of justice prevailing in the culture. The selection of writings on crime and punishment probe the complexities of situations and examine justice from different perspectives. An examination of the role of the detective in several cultures. Detective fiction investigates the sources of power and powerlessness in a given society, so these works highlight gender roles and class difference while offering the reader a puzzle to solve. Spring only.