Course Catalog - 2014-2015

     

FWIS 139 - GOLDEN AGE DETECTIVE FICTION

Long Title: WHODUNNIT? EXPLORING THE GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTIVE FICTION
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Golden Age detective fiction stars investigators such as Hercule Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Father Brown. This course will investigate detective fiction's suspicious popularity in the 1920s and 30s, interrogate its most likely authors, and solve the mystery of who the murderer always manages to be the least likely suspect.
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/