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ENG-2118: British and American Crime Fiction Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year at bachelor´s level | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
The course is intended for students who want in-depth knowledge of British and American literature. The students will develop an understanding of: Topics and formal features in the genre of crime fiction generally; Questions of gender, class, race, and the social and historical context related to the texts; The concept of popular literature and how crime fiction is part of it. A further aim is the further development of the students´ skills in literary analysis, through work with typical textual aspects of literary science, such as descriptions of persons, setting, viewpoint, plot, etc.
A bachelor´s degree in language and literature + a one-year practical pedagogical course (PPU) provides teaching competence at the level of adjunkt as long as one or more of the subjects studied are taught in schools.
| Contents
The course is an introduction to crime fiction from the birth of the genre in the 19th century to the present. The students will be reading short stories and novels by both British and American writers which show the development of the genre. In addition to the emphasis on characteristics of the genre, we will also study how the literature portrays society and the attitudes of each work towards topics such as crime, gender, class, ethnicity, etc. Some of the writers we will study are Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Patricia Cornwell. We will also be reading theoretical texts on crime fiction. | Form of teaching
Teaching: 24 hours.
| Coursework requirements
Oral presentation, approx. 5-10 min.
| Exam and assessment
Coursework requirements:
An oral presentation of 5-10 minutes in English must be approved before the student can sit the final examination.
Assessment method:
A 3-hour school exam in the form of a test halfway through the semester. A 2-week home exam, approximately 7 pages (2.500 words).
When the examinations are graded, the school exam counts for 1/3 and the home exam for 2/3 of the final grade. Both examinations must fulfil the requirements for the student to receive a passing final grade.
| Date(s) of written examination
27.02.2007
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Contact person/lecturer
Associate Professor Laura Castor, tel. 776 46568, email: laura.castor@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
See faculty homepage |
Teaching spring 2007
Første forelesning: Tirsdag 9. januar kl 1415, rom E 0105 | | Forelesning | Foreleser F.aman. Laura Virginia Castor
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