FYSM 143 - Crime in Modern Lit & Film

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Trinity College

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In this Seminar we will explore the genre of crime fiction beginning with its origins in the nineteenth-century, through the development of hard-boiled and film noir narratives, to contemporary crime literature. We will investigate crime literature as an expression of popular culture as well as a reaction to a given society's response to the transgression of law, order, and social codes. Throughout the course we will see how different societies define and react to crime and criminals in the context of the genre. Other sub-topics in the readings for the course include aesthetics and crime, scripting crime, crimes of the state and crimes against the land. We will study works from a variety of cultural contexts (e.g. France, the United States, Argentina) including texts by Edgar Allen Poe, Conan-Doyle, Borges, Sue Grafton, and films such as The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, and Plein Soleil (Purple Noon). Karen Humphreys teaches courses in French language, literature, and culture at Trinity. Her research focuses on transgression and gender in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century French culture. 1.00 units, Seminar

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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