Undergraduate Course: The Great Detectives 6 (LLLG07089)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course explores the origins of detective fiction. We will consider Edgar Allan Poe¿s first detective stories as well as how Charles Dickens popularised the genre and how Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo brought social conscience into Scandi noir. We will discuss Truman Capote¿s intervention into the genre with his true crime account as well as looking at the first tartan noir novel. |
| Course description |
Detective fiction is a fascinating genre because of the sheer multiplicity of novels within it. This course aims to tease out the differing approaches that detective fiction writers have used. We will study Fyodor Dostoevsky's meditation on the morality of murder in the name of a higher purpose and Graham Greene's exploration of sin and damnation in the gangland world of Brighton. We will explore how the narration of the crimes of two sociopathic murderers affects our engagement with these cold-blooded criminals and look at the first 'tartan noir' novel, William McIlvanney's Laidlaw.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 18 |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
one 2000 word essay |
| Feedback |
students are given opportunity to submit an essay plan with feedback being provided |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- show confidence in discussing texts
- demonstrate analytical approach to close reading
- place literature in its historical, cultural and political context
- explain and identify the various elements of the genre
- demonstrate a good understanding of how the genre has developed and diversified
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Douglas Dougan
Tel:
Email: ddougan@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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