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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - The Origin and Aesthetics of Crime Fiction

Course Information

Subject: Comparative Literature (CL), Film Studies (FMS)
Number: 369
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits
7 Weeks Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits

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Full Description

Examines works of modernist fiction writers: Faulkner, Joyce, Proust, Kafka, Hemingway, Nabokov. Studies works of a second literary revolution that included: Hammett, Greene, Highsmith, Himes. Other readings are: Babel, Carver, Carter, Sciascia, and Daeninckx. Also studies the relationship between the best crime fiction and innovative crime films such as The Killing, Chinatown, Le Samouraï, Prizzi's Honor, and Pulp Fiction.

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The Origin and Aesthetics of Crime Fiction

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