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Lecture
SoSe 13: V-Lit. Stud.: Periods-Genres-Concepts: Literary Studies I: Detective Fiction
Andrew James Johnston
Comments
Detective fiction, or crime fiction, to use a more inclusive term, is not generally considered a high-brow genre, yet the last few decades have seen literary scholars increasingly ennoble the subject by giving it their critical attention. The British and American literatures possess a long and impressive tradition of detective fiction and of related genres like espionage fiction. In many ways, crime fiction follows the trends and developments to be witnessed in the literary periods it is written in, yet at the same time it has rules of its own, rules which are constantly being redefined as the crime genre continues to progress. This course seeks to provide a survey of the most important types of crime and espionage fiction, primarily using British texts as examples. We will be interested in the history and development of the genre, its changing formal characteristics, its social and cultural affiliations and its links to other forms of writing. close
13 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2013-04-10 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-04-17 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-04-24 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-05-08 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-05-15 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-05-22 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-05-29 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-06-05 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-06-12 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-06-19 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-06-26 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-07-03 16:00 - 18:00
Wed, 2013-07-10 16:00 - 18:00