This collection of essays examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his or her own courses. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the essays cover teaching in the areas of literature, law, history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, gender studies, cultural studies, and literary theory. Also included are sample syllabi, writing assignments, questions for further discussion, reading lists, and further aids for course instruction.
This collection of essays examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his or her own courses. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the essays cover teaching in the areas of literature, law, history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, gender studies, cultural studies, and literary theory. Also included are sample syllabi, writing assignments, questions for further discussion, reading lists, and further aids for course instruction.
Edward J. Rielly is a professor emeritus of Saint Joseph's College of Maine, where he created and directed the Writing and Publishing program. He is the author or editor of 30 books and lives in Westbrook, Maine.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Edward J. Rielly Exploring the Origins of American Detective Fiction: Teaching Poe and Dime Novels Pamela Bedore Detective Fiction, Cultural Categories, and the Ideology of Criticism Stephen Brauer Teaching International Detective Fiction Patricia P. Buckler Undergraduates and Hispanic Sleuths: The Importance of University Cor(ps)e Requirements in a Liberal Learning Curriculum Benjamin Fraser Contemporary Detective Fiction Across the English Curriculum Genie Giaimo Holmes Is Where the Art Is: Architectural Design Projects Derham Groves Southern Crime: The Clash of Hero and Villain in a Writing Course Mary Hadley Adding Some Mystery to Cultural Studies Steve Hecox Teaching Detective Fiction from a Feminist Perspective Ellen F. Higgins Fixing and Un-Fixing Words: Nastiness, Fidelity, and Betrayal in Chandler's and Hawks's The Big Sleep Alexander N. Howe Historical Mysteries in the Literature Classroom Rosemary Johnsen African Crime/Mystery Stories: Triggering Provocative Classroom Topics Virginia Macdonald Murder in the Classroom: Teaching Detective Fiction at the Graduate Level Lois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley Introducing Literature through Detective Fiction: An Approach to Teaching Online Meg Matheny Mysteries of O'ahu: Local Detective Fiction in the Composition Classroom Stanley D. Orr 1930s-1940s Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and 1940s-1950s Detective Noir Christine Photinos Anthropologists as Detectives and Detectives as Anthropologists James C. Pierson "Just the Facts": Detective Fiction in the Law School Curriculum Robert C. Power Margaret Coel's The Story Teller in a Literary Criticism Course Edward J. Rielly Women Detectives in Contemporary American Popular Culture Deborah Shaller Reading Students Reading Detectives Rosemary Weatherston Detective Fiction in the First-Year Seminar Robert P. Winston and Judy Gill The Mystery of Composition: A Detective-Themed Composition Course Chris York Notes on Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Edward J. Rielly Exploring the Origins of American Detective Fiction: Teaching Poe and Dime Novels Pamela Bedore Detective Fiction, Cultural Categories, and the Ideology of Criticism Stephen Brauer Teaching International Detective Fiction Patricia P. Buckler Undergraduates and Hispanic Sleuths: The Importance of University Cor(ps)e Requirements in a Liberal Learning Curriculum Benjamin Fraser Contemporary Detective Fiction Across the English Curriculum Genie Giaimo Holmes Is Where the Art Is: Architectural Design Projects Derham Groves Southern Crime: The Clash of Hero and Villain in a Writing Course Mary Hadley Adding Some Mystery to Cultural Studies Steve Hecox Teaching Detective Fiction from a Feminist Perspective Ellen F. Higgins Fixing and Un-Fixing Words: Nastiness, Fidelity, and Betrayal in Chandler's and Hawks's The Big Sleep Alexander N. Howe Historical Mysteries in the Literature Classroom Rosemary Johnsen African Crime/Mystery Stories: Triggering Provocative Classroom Topics Virginia Macdonald Murder in the Classroom: Teaching Detective Fiction at the Graduate Level Lois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley Introducing Literature through Detective Fiction: An Approach to Teaching Online Meg Matheny Mysteries of O'ahu: Local Detective Fiction in the Composition Classroom Stanley D. Orr 1930s-1940s Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and 1940s-1950s Detective Noir Christine Photinos Anthropologists as Detectives and Detectives as Anthropologists James C. Pierson "Just the Facts": Detective Fiction in the Law School Curriculum Robert C. Power Margaret Coel's The Story Teller in a Literary Criticism Course Edward J. Rielly Women Detectives in Contemporary American Popular Culture Deborah Shaller Reading Students Reading Detectives Rosemary Weatherston Detective Fiction in the First-Year Seminar Robert P. Winston and Judy Gill The Mystery of Composition: A Detective-Themed Composition Course Chris York Notes on Contributors Index
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