LIT 3121 - From Detective Fiction to Romance Novels:Studies in Genre

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St. Francis College

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Politics, culture, and history in the theme of detection from early tales by, for example, Edgar Allan Poe ( Murders in the Rue Morgue) and Sir Arthur Conan Coyle ( Sherlock Holmes), through such writers as Wilkie Collins ( The Moonstone), Mary Elizabeth Braddon ( Lady Audley's Secret), Bram Stoker (Dracula), Robert L. Stevenson ( Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Charles Dickens ( The Mystery of Edwin Drood), to Henry James ( The Princess Casamassima) and Joseph Conrad ( The Secret Agent) and other recent manifestations in Agatha Christie and P.D. James. Prerequisite: Any AML, BRL, DRA, or LIT course 2000 or higher. 3 credits. Spring 2008.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sfc.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 522-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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