FWIS 270: GOLDEN AGE DETECTIVE FICTION

Spring 2026 · Section 002 · CRN 24355

The 1920s-30s witnessed an explosion of detective fiction, a genre still popular today. This course will read writers of the “Golden Age” (e.g. Agatha Christie) and ask questions such as: How does detective fiction work? Why did it flourish between the world wars? What does it show us about ourselves?

Credits
3
Instructors
Heather E. Neill

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