ENGH 513: Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies

ENGH 513-002: True Crime
(Spring 2018)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR

Krug Hall 19

Section Information for Spring 2018

Using the Library of America's True Crime: An Anthology, this course samples significant representative examples of crime reportage and commentary to explore the various ways in which, as that anthology's editor explains it, "the human community, finding itself under assault from within searches desperately for a framework or context to explain the apparently unexplainable." Ranging from traditional journalism to new journalism and from personal essay to memoir and examining one of the seminal nonfiction novels, Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, this course will evaluate the genre's ability to reflect historical eras and engage social, cultural, and even philosophical problems.  Additional readings will include examples of how poets and fiction writers have responded to actual crimes, blurring the lines between nonfiction writing and other genres, and we'll listen to a true crime podcast as well.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Intensive study of topics involving literary or other texts such as film, television, opera, and folklore. Notes: May be repeated with permission of department. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 15 credits of advanced undergraduate English courses and permission of department; or baccalaureate degree.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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