ENG 121 - Detective Fiction

Institution:

Lane Community College

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Description:

4 credits Detective fiction will provide students with a broad introduction to both early and recent British and American writers with some emphasis on novels and short stories translated into TV programs and film. The course will examine the origins of detective fiction and how the original models have been followed and altered in the roles of the amateur sleuth, the professional investigator (PI), the police, and local citizens as clients. The literature will include hardboiled male and female detectives, as well as African American and Native American detectives and will be read from the viewpoint of different literary theories including, historical and social viewpoints and addressing issues of gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nationality.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.Lanecc.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 463-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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