ENG-219 Thief-Making and Thief-Taking: Nineteenth-Century Crime Literature
The nineteenth century was immersed in defining
criminality and, through the gradual
professionalization of the police, constructing
the criminal's nemesis, the detective. Through
popular crime fiction, newspaper accounts of an
actual criminal case, and articles from
nineteenth-century periodicals, we will explore
how the nineteenth-century fascination with crime
and detectives was shaped by preoccupations with
the construction of gender, class dynamics, and
the tension between the didactic and
entertainment functions of these literary
forms. (Introduction to Literary Studies)
Prerequisites: FYS-101 or FYS-110