Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2015

     

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FWIS 139 001 (CRN: 13132)

GOLDEN AGE DETECTIVE FICTION

Long Title: WHODUNNIT? EXPLORING THE GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTIVE FICTION
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Neill, Heather E.
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (24-AUG-2015 - 4-DEC-2015) 
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 6-OCT-2024 5:21PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
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/