Introductory seminar course: Hardboiled Detective Fiction - Details

Introductory seminar course: Hardboiled Detective Fiction - Details

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Course name Introductory seminar course: Hardboiled Detective Fiction
Subtitle
Course number 4512539
Semester SoSe 2024
Current number of participants 32
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Abteilung für Nordamerikastudien
Courses type Introductory seminar course in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 11.04.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Room: (KWZ 0.601 (KWZ))
Type/Form
Performance record Modul B.EP.21 / B.Eng.401: Take Home Exam im Seminar, Teilnahme an der Vorlesung
Modul B.EP.41 / B.Eng.403: Hausarbeit im Seminar oder Klausur in der Vorlesung
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Prüfungsleistung(en) je Modul / Exam details per module:

* [(B.AS.101.Mp) Analysis and Interpretation][1]
* Klausurähnliche Hausarbeit: Mo, 05.08.2024
* [(B.Eng.401.Mp) Aufbaumodul 1: Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft des nordamerikanischen Raums][2]
* Klausurähnliche Hausarbeit: Mo, 05.08.2024
* [(B.Eng.403.Mp) Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft im nordamerikanischen Raum III][3]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Fr, 30.08.2024
* [(B.Eng.451.Mp) Top Up Nordamerikastudien][4]
* Klausurähnliche Hausarbeit: Mo, 05.08.2024
* [(B.EP.21.Mp) Aufbaumodul 1: Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft des nordamerikanischen Raums I][5]
* Klausurähnliche Hausarbeit: Mo, 05.08.2024
* [(B.EP.41.HA) Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft im nordamerikanischen Raum III (Hausarbeit)][6]
* Abgabe Hausarbeit: Fr, 30.08.2024
* [(B.EP.T21.Mp) Top Up Nordamerikastudien][7]
* Klausurähnliche Hausarbeit: Mo, 05.08.2024
* [(B.WLI.123b.Mp) Englischsprachige Literatur im nordamerikanischen Raum][8]
* Andere Prüfungsform: Fr, 30.08.2024

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[6]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=44269&periodId=272
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[8]: https://ecampus.uni-goettingen.de/h1/pages/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&unitId=31397&periodId=272

Rooms and times

(KWZ 0.601 (KWZ))
Thursday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (13x)

Fields of study

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This class will focus on hardboiled detective fiction starting with the classics of the genre and extending through mid- to late-20th-century examples. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler helped create the hardboiled detective by adapting the frontiersman to an urban setting. Their heroes break the law in order to preserve the law, displaying a propensity towards violence that is hardly distinguishable from that of the criminals they fight. Hardboiled detectives wield violence to uphold the civilized rules of society—but also the unwritten rules of gender and race that form the shadow side of (il)legality. It is these rules that later authors challenge by changing the gender, ethnicity, and behavior of their detectives. We will explore these issues through the close reading of primary texts. We will also discuss what makes a literary genre generic.
Primary texts:
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (1930)
Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (1939), The Long Goodbye (1953)
Chester Himes, Cotton Comes to Harlem (1965)
Tony Hillerman, The Dark Wind (1982)
Sue Grafton C is for Corpse (1986)
Sara Paretsky, Blood Shot (1988) (Marketed as Toxic Shock in the UK)

Registration: Attendance for this class is limited to 25 students. Binding (!) registration on Stud.IP between 01 March and 31 March 2024 is required. All news concerning this class will be posted on Stud.IP as well. The class will start in the first week of the semester. For final registration, participants need to attend the first session of class.

For further information: [andrew.gross@phil.uni-goettingen.de][1]

Please note that out of the following classes, you can only sign up for one class: Daalder (course number: 4512613), Sommerfeld (course number: 4512524), Gross (course number: 4512539) and Gross (course number: 4512534).​​​​​​​

[1]: mailto:andrew.gross@phil.uni-goettingen.de

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "SS 2024_NAS-PSS".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • This setting is active from 01.03.2024 08:00 to 31.03.2024 23:59.
    Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 01.03.2024, 08:00 to 31.03.2024, 23:59.
Assignment of courses: