FF:AJ24056 English Queens of Crime - Course Information
AJ24056 English Queens of Crime
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2004
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková, CSc., M.Litt. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková - Timetable
- Thu 13:20–14:55 32
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ19999 Comprehensive/Bc. Exam
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The detective novel has produced many great writers. In this course you will explore about six major English female writers of the genre in the 20th century: Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Francis Fyfield, with a focus on Agatha Christie, whose works span six decades and who has become an institution. Apart from surveying, analyzing, criticizing, and otherwise commenting on the individual sleuths, plots, characters and settings, we will discuss the portrayals of English society and the writers' understanding of human relationships.
- Syllabus
- The detective novel has produced many great writers. In this course you will explore about six major English female writers of the genre in the 20th century: Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Francis Fyfield, with a focus on Agatha Christie, whose works span six decades and who has become an institution. Apart from surveying, analyzing, criticizing, and otherwise commenting on the individual sleuths, plots, characters and settings, we will discuss the portrayals of English society and the writers' understanding of human relationships.
- Literature
- FYFIELD, Frances. A clear conscience. London: Corgi Books, 1995, 283 s. ISBN 0-552-14295-6. info
- CHRISTIE, Agatha. Five little pigs. Pbk. ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994, 233 s. ISBN 0-00-616372-6. info
- CHRISTIE, Agatha. Nemesis. London: HarperCollins, 1994, 222 s. ISBN 0-00-617005-6. info
- FYFIELD, Frances. Perfectly pure and good. London: Corgi Books, 1994, 284 s. ISBN 0-552-14174-7. info
- CHRISTIE, Agatha. The moving finger. Pbk. ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994, 217 s. ISBN 0-00-617269-5. info
- CHRISTIE, Agatha. Murder is easy. Pbk. ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993, 223 s. ISBN 0-00-616813-2. info
- CHRISTIE, Agatha. Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Pbk. ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993, 235 s. ISBN 0-00-616792-6. info
- JAMES, P. D. Devices and desires. 1st ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, 408 s. ISBN 0571141781. info
- VINE, Barbara. A fatal inversion. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987, 316 s. ISBN 0-14-008637-4. info
- JAMES, P. D. A taste for death. London: Faber and Faber, 1986, 454 s. ISBN 0571145701. info
- JAMES, Phyllis Dorothy. Shroud for a nightingale. London: Sphere Books, 1973, 300 s. ISBN 0-7221-5033-4. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Seminar; Assessment:Seminar paper/papers, final essay / Seminář; Hodnocení: písemná práce v semináři, záverečný esej
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=4
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2004, recent)
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