Courses: Topics in German Cultural Stud-Crime and Detection in German (GERMB223001)
Fall 2012
Class Number: 1273
This is a topics course. Course content varies.
Div: I or III; Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI), Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Haverford: Humanities (HU)
This course examines literary and filmic texts from the German
Enlightenment to contemporary German literature and television via a
focus on crime and detection genres. The Krimi is one of the most
popular genres in contemporary Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Narratives of crime and detection promise to fulfill the readers
desire to uncover hidden truths. The fascination with crime and the
thrill of detection inform classical detective novels as well as
psychoanalytical case studies.
Fulfills: Class Nbr: 1273 Div: I or III; CI;CC;
DepartmentTaught BySchlipphacke,Heidi M |
LocationBryn Mawr, DAL10 Meeting TimesMW 2:30pm-4:00pm |