| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Fiction II | IDE222 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Spring | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Research Assistant Elzem AKSU
Lecturer Dr. Sercan ÖZTEKİN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Students will have analyzed the development of crime fiction in the twentieth century.
2) Students will have acquired introductory knowledge about crime fiction texts.
3) Students will have learned the context of the 20th century.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
| 1 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
A history of crime fiction genre in the 20th century, its various contents, influential representations with a brief summary, and introduction to its various sub-genres and definitions.
Weekly Schedule
1) First meeting, Introduction and Syllabus Review2) Introduction to crime fiction in the twentieth century
3) (Father Brown stories) “The Blue Cross”, G. K. Chesterton
4) (Father Brown stories) “The Invisible Man”, G. K. Chesterton
5) Golden Age of Crime Fiction, Agatha Christie
6) “A Christmas Tragedy” (Miss Marple), Agatha Christie
7) “The Affair at the Victory Ball” (Hercule Poirot), Agatha Christie
8) Mid-term exams
9) Sert Polisiye, Raymond Chandler
10) “Trouble is My Business”, Raymond Chandler
11) “Trouble is My Business”, Raymond Chandler
12) Crime fiction after 1950s: “The Victim”,"Part-Time job", P. D. James
13) “Skin Deep”, Sara Paretsky
14) Crime on Tv and cinema
15) Review & Students’ final paper presentations
16) Final exams
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Martin Priestman, The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, Cambridge University Press, 2006
2- Julian Symons, Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel, Faber and Faber, 1972
3- Lee Horsley, Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2005
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration
6) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
English
Work Placement(s)
Not Required