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Informationen zum Autor Edward J. Rielly is a professor emeritus of Saint Joseph's College of Maine, where he created and directed the Writing and Publishing program. He is the author or editor of 30 books and lives in Westbrook, Maine. Klappentext This collection of essays examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his or her own courses. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the essays cover teaching in the areas of literature, law, history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, gender studies, cultural studies, and literary theory. Also included are sample syllabi, writing assignments, questions for further discussion, reading lists, and further aids for course instruction. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays that examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his or her own courses. It covers teaching in the areas of literature! law! history! sociology! anthropology! architecture! gender studies! cultural studies! and literary theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionEdward J. Rielly Exploring the Origins of American Detective Fiction: Teaching Poe and Dime NovelsPamela Bedore Detective Fiction, Cultural Categories, and the Ideology of CriticismStephen Brauer Teaching International Detective FictionPatricia P. Buckler Undergraduates and Hispanic Sleuths: The Importance of University Cor(ps)e Requirements in a Liberal Learning CurriculumBenjamin Fraser Contemporary Detective Fiction Across the English CurriculumGenie Giaimo Holmes Is Where the Art Is: Architectural Design ProjectsDerham Groves Southern Crime: The Clash of Hero and Villain in a Writing CourseMary Hadley Adding Some Mystery to Cultural StudiesSteve Hecox Teaching Detective Fiction from a Feminist PerspectiveEllen F. Higgins Fixing and Un-Fixing Words: Nastiness, Fidelity, and Betrayal in Chandler's and Hawks's The Big SleepAlexander N. Howe Historical Mysteries in the Literature ClassroomRosemary Johnsen African Crime/Mystery Stories: Triggering Provocative Classroom TopicsVirginia Macdonald Murder in the Classroom: Teaching Detective Fiction at the Graduate LevelLois A. Marchino and Deane Mansfield-Kelley Introducing Literature through Detective Fiction: An Approach to Teaching OnlineMeg Matheny Mysteries of O'ahu: Local Detective Fiction in the Composition ClassroomStanley D. Orr 1930s-1940s Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction and 1940s-1950sDetective NoirChristine Photinos Anthropologists as Detectives and Detectives as AnthropologistsJames C. Pierson "Just the Facts": Detective Fiction in the Law School CurriculumRobert C. Power Margaret Coel's The Story Teller in a Literary Criticism CourseEdward J. Rielly Women Detectives in Contemporary American Popular CultureDeborah Shaller Reading Students Reading DetectivesRosemary Weatherston Detective Fiction in the First-Year SeminarRobert P. Winston and Judy Gill The Mystery of Composition: A Detective-Themed Composition CourseChris York Notes on Contributors Index ...
