Investigate the gripping history of mystery suspense fiction with a renowned literature professor, and discover the fascinating evolution of this captivating genre.
The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Mystery Fiction's Secret Formula
- 02: The Detective Is Born
- 03: The Criminal
- 04: The Sidekick
- 05: Detecting Clues
- 06: Case Closed? The Problem with Solutions
- 07: The Locked Room
- 08: The Dime Novel
- 09: Murder in Cozy Places
- 10: Return of the Classic Detective
- 11: The City Tests the Detective
- 12: The Private Eye Opens
- 13: African American Mysteries
- 14: The Femme Fatale
- 15: The Private Eye Evolves
- 16: Latino Detectives on the Border
- 17: The Lady Detective
- 18: Violence Waits in the Wings
- 19: Violence Takes Center Stage
- 20: Psychopaths and Mind Hunters
- 21: Police as Antagonist
- 22: Police as Protagonist
- 23: Native American Mysteries
- 24: The European Mystery Tradition
- 25: Nordic Noir
- 26: Japanese and Latin American Mysteries
- 27: Precursors to True Crime
- 28: True Crime in the 20th Century
- 29: Historical Mysteries
- 30: Spies, Thrillers, and Conspiracies
- 31: Female-Centered Mystery and Suspense
- 32: Poetic Justice
- 33: Courtroom Drama
- 34: Gay and Lesbian Mystery and Suspense
- 35: Adapting the Multimedia Mystery
- 36: Mysterious Experiments
Taught by
David Schmid
