552.305 (24S) Focus on Literature: Crime and Detective Fiction
Überblick
- Lehrende/r
- LV-Titel englisch Focus on Literature: Crime and Detective Fiction
- LV-Art Seminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
- LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
- Semesterstunde/n 2.0
- ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 6.0
- Anmeldungen 15 (25 max.)
- Organisationseinheit
- Unterrichtssprache Englisch
- LV-Beginn 05.03.2024
- eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Zeit und Ort
LV-Beschreibung
Intendierte Lernergebnisse
Upon completion of this course students will have gained an understanding of the generic conventions and constant innovations of the popular genre of crime and detective fiction. They will have practiced their interpretative skills on both short stories and novels from different historical and cultural contexts and will have learnt to apply different theoretical frameworks such as postcolonial theory, gender studies, and ecocriticism.
Lehrmethodik
in-depth discussion of texts
short lecture inputs
expert groups/ student-led tasks
Inhalt/e
The genre of crime and detective fiction warrants academic interest not despite the fact that it is popular literature, but precisely because it is popular literature. It is widely received by a heterogeneous readership and both contributes to as well as critically investigates contemporary discourses. This class will explore anglophone crime and detective fiction in different historical and cultural contexts. Students will be introduced to generic conventions and subgeneric distinctions such as that of the ‘whodunit’ and the ‘hardboiled’. We will start in the 19th century with one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s prototypical detective stories, move on to early 20th century ‘Golden Age’ crime fiction by Agatha Christie and will then go on to examine 21st century varieties within the cultural contexts of Wales, India, and South Africa.
Erwartete Vorkenntnisse
Principles of literary analysis
Literatur
Please purchase the novels A Rising Man (2016) by Abir Mukherjee and Of Cops and Robbers (2013) by Mike Nicol. All other material will be made available by the instructor on Moodle.
Prüfungsinformationen
Prüfungsmethode/n
Participation: 25%
Short in-class presentation: 25%
Term paper: 50% (5000w)
If a student fails one pillar of assessment (participation, presentation or term paper), they fail the entire course!
Prüfungsinhalt/e
Students are free to choose their own topics for the final paper, as long as it relates to the context of the class.
Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe
Active participation, level of preparation for class.
Quality and quantity of information, precision and depth of analysis, structure and quality of argument, quality and quantity of secondary sources used.
Beurteilungsschema
Note BenotungsschemaPosition im Curriculum
- Diplom-Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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2.Abschnitt
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Fach: Advanced Culture Studies
(Pflichtfach)
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SE zu Topics in American Culture Studies (
2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
- 552.305 Focus on Literature: Crime and Detective Fiction (2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
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SE zu Topics in American Culture Studies (
2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Advanced Culture Studies
(Pflichtfach)
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2.Abschnitt
- Diplom-Lehramtsstudium Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
-
2.Abschnitt
-
Fach: Advanced Culture Studies
(Pflichtfach)
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Core Problems in American Cultures (
2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
- 552.305 Focus on Literature: Crime and Detective Fiction (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
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Core Problems in American Cultures (
2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Advanced Culture Studies
(Pflichtfach)
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2.Abschnitt
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)
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7.2 (b) Focus on Literature (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
- 552.305 Focus on Literature: Crime and Detective Fiction (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
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7.2 (b) Focus on Literature (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
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Fach: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Pflichtfach)