123222 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2011W)
Crime and the Novel - Crime Novel?
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 16.09.2011 00:00 to Su 25.09.2011 23:59
- Registration is open from Th 29.09.2011 14:00 to Tu 04.10.2011 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2011 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
11.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
18.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
25.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
08.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
15.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
22.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
29.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
06.12.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
13.12.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
10.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
17.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
24.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Tuesday
31.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Crime stories, particularly stories of murder, have always engrossed readers. The contemporary fiction market reflects the continuing if not growing interest in this type of literature. In this seminar we will analyse four novels which prominently feature crime as well as a crime novel proper, a popular thriller. We will focus on the representation and thematic and structural function of crime in these texts and explore the differences between novels of crime and crime novels (thrillers or whodunits). The settings of texts range from early twentieth-century Manila to the dystopian arena of a victorious Nazi-Germany and from a 1980s working-class Northern England to twenty-first century Oxford and a world of internet business and insider trading.
Assessment and permitted materials
Regular attendance, oral presentation, active participation in class discussions, academic paper (20-25 pages), final essay.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Introduce students to a subgenre of contemporary English fiction which explores historical, political and social issues in the context of a crime story, a type of fiction which lends itself particularly well for such a purpose and enjoys growing popularity.
Examination topics
Introduction to genre, introduction to the analysis of narrative, contextualisation; students' presentations, class discussions
Reading list
Texts: John Fowles: The Collector, Pat Barker: Blow Your House Down; Robert Harris: Fatherland; William Boyd: The Blue Afternoon; Val McDermid: Trick of the Dark.Copies are available at facultuas on campus.
Association in the course directory
Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723, 821, UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0216
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 721-723, 821, UF4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0216
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