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British Golden Age Crime Fiction- Dozent/in
- Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
- Angaben
- Seminar/Proseminar
Rein Online
2 SWS
Studium Generale
Zeit: Di 18:00 - 20:00
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- The so called “Golden Age of Crime Fiction” or “Golden Age of Detective Fiction” denotes a specific period (the 1920s and 1930s) in which the British crime novel flourishes particularly. After crime fiction rose to ubiquitous prominence among British readers in the 19th century, the new generation of writers, often women writers, developed certain traits of the crime novel in the interwar period that both regulated the genre and boosted its favour with readers even more. During the 1920s, prominent crime authors banded together and established a certain set of rules crime fiction should adhere to, to make each case a puzzle solvable by the reader themselves. Readers should be presented with the mystery (i.e. the crime, mostly murder) early on in the novel and then accompany the detective on his or her way to solving the mystery. Mostly, these mysteries revolve around the central question of “whodunit,” that is, who committed the crime and why. This term soon became synonymous for the specific type of detective fiction and dominated the genre during the Golden Age. Other popular conventions of the genre included the locked room mystery, the remote country house setting, the eccentric, but sympathetic detective (male or female), and the upper class affiliation of the persons involved.
This course is going to look at some of the most eminent writers of this generation of crime writers, namely Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Freeman Wills Crofts and Michael Innes. Before turning to the writers themselves, we will look at the central traits of this subgenre of crime writing, its key players and its general historical background during the interwar period and the aftermath of the Great War. During the course, we will look at recurring motifs and themes in the genre.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Obligatory reading:
To read before the semester:
G.K. Chesterton. “The Invisible Man.” 1911. and “The Quick One.” 1935.
To read during the semester:
Dorothy L. Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. 1928.
Dorothy L. Sayers. Gaudy Night. 1935.
Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles. 1921.
Agatha Christie. The Secret Adversary. 1922.
Agatha Christie. The Murder at the Vicarage. 1930.
Freeman Wills Crofts. The Hog’s Back Mystery. 1933.
Michael Innes. Hamlet, Revenge! 1937.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- British Golden Age Crime Fiction
- Credits: 6
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft / freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Basis/Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft (b): Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2021, 10:00 - 25.04.2021, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- The so called “Golden Age of Crime Fiction” or “Golden Age of Detective Fiction” denotes a specific period (the 1920s and 1930s) in which the British crime novel flourish particularly. After crime fiction rose to ubiquitous prominence among British readers in the 19th century, the new generation of writers, often women writers, developed certain traits of the crime novel in the interwar period that both regulated the genre and boosted its favour with readers even more. During the 1920s, prominent crime authors banded together and established a certain set of rules crime fiction should adhere to, to make each case a puzzle solvable by the reader themselves. Readers should be presented with the mystery (i.e. the crime, mostly murder) early on in the novel and then accompany the detective on his or her way to solving the mystery. Mostly, these mysteries revolve around the central question of “whodunit,” that is, who committed the crime and why. This term soon became synonymous for the specific type of detective fiction and dominated the genre during the Golden Age. Other popular conventions of the genre included the locked room mystery, the remote country house setting, the eccentric, but sympathetic detective (male or female), and the upper class affiliation of the persons involved.
This course is going to look at some of the most eminent writers of this generation of crime writers, namely Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, Freeman Wills Crofts and Michael Innes. Before turning to the writers themselves, we will look at the central traits of this subgenre of crime writing, its key players and its general historical background during the interwar period and the aftermath of the Great War. During the course, we will look at recurring motifs and themes in the genre.
- Literature
- Obligatory reading:
To read before the semester:
G.K. Chesterton. “The Invisible Man.” 1911. and “The Quick One.” 1935.
To read during the semester:
Dorothy L. Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. 1928.
Dorothy L. Sayers. Gaudy Night. 1935.
Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles. 1921.
Agatha Christie. The Secret Adversary. 1922.
Agatha Christie. The Murder at the Vicarage. 1930.
Freeman Wills Crofts. The Hog’s Back Mystery. 1933.
Michael Innes. Hamlet, Revenge! 1937.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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