107年第1學期-0176 文討：美國三大偵探小說家 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Midterm	40
Final	40
Class Participations	20

教育目標

1. To add to the pleasure of reading 2. To utilize and sharpen critical skills acquired in other literature courses 3. To gain an in-depth understanding of a popular literary genre through analytical and critical study 4. To better understand the interplay between detective fiction and its socio-economic background.

課程概述

This course explores the development of American hard-boiled detective fiction represented by three authors, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald, in whose hands, the conventions of the hard-boiled genre grew and expanded. This course explores the emergence and evolution of the hard-boiled detective or private eye in particular social and historical context. It examines how the form responds to social-economic changes involving questions of race, gender, class, and the environment, thus serving as a type of social criticism.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：二/7,8[LAN011]
修課班級：外文系3,4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：5/14-5/31填文討申請單

參考書目

Major Texts:
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep
Doyle, A. Conan. The Sign of Four
Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon.
---. The Red Harvest.
Macdonald, Ross. The Blue Hammer.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Dupin Stories.