Spring 2024 Comparative Literature: German UN3555 section 001

CRIME&CRIMINALITY (IN ENGLISH)

Call Number 17769
Day & Time
Location
W 10:10am-12:00pm
412 Pupin Laboratories
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Stefan Andriopoulos
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This seminar will explore narrative representations of criminality from the late 18th century to the present, drawing on German, French, and American literature with occasional forays into criminology and film. Specific attention will be paid to textual strategies of constructing authenticity, "true crime" fiction, and interrelations of literature, criminology, and law. Discussions and readings will be in English. Texts and films by: Schiller, Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Poe, Zola, Lombroso, Alfred Döblin, Th. Lessing, Fritz Lang, Capote, and others.

Web Site Vergil
Department Germanic Languages
Enrollment 15 students (25 max) as of 9:06PM Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Subject Comparative Literature: German
Number UN3555
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20241CLGR3555W001