1. To add to the pleasure of reading
2. To utilize and sharpen critical skills acquired in other literature courses
3. To gain an in-depth understanding of a popular literary genre through analytical and critical study
4. To better understand the interplay between detective fiction and its socio-economic background.

1. To add to the pleasure of reading
2. To utilize and sharpen critical skills acquired in other literature courses
3. To gain an in-depth understanding of a popular literary genre through analytical and critical study
4. To better understand the interplay between detective fiction and its socio-economic background.

Course Materials:
Major Texts:
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep
Christie, Agatha. Mrs. McGinty s Dead
Doyle, A. Conan. Short Story Collection
Hammet, Dashiell. Maltese Falcon
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Dupin Stories.

References:
Cawelti, John G. Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and
Popular Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
Knight, Stephen. Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1980.
Pepper, Andrew. The Contemporary American Crime Novel. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001

Course Materials:
Major Texts:
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep
Christie, Agatha. Mrs. McGinty s Dead
Doyle, A. Conan. Short Story Collection
Hammet, Dashiell. Maltese Falcon
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Dupin Stories.

References:
Cawelti, John G. Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and
Popular Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
Knight, Stephen. Form and Ideology in Crime Fiction. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1980.
Pepper, Andrew. The Contemporary American Crime Novel. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001