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Jul 02, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book
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ENG 166 - Tales of Mayhem and Mystery: An Introduction to Detective Fiction3 Credits
Offered periodically or as needed
With its roots in the Bible, ancient Greece, and medieval China and Arabia, the tale of mystery invites readers into a role of detection. We consider facts and solve cases, but also ponder mysteries that are sometimes supernatural, metaphysical, linguistic, or existential. Students in this course will consider stories such as “The Three Apples” and “The Chalk Circle,” as well as works by Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, Thomas Pychon, and Paul Auster, and film adaptations including Witness for the Prosecution, The Third Man, Memento. Only open to students that have not completed the Literature Cornerstone requirement.
Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Language, Arts, and Humanities
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