ENG 263 - Detective Fiction

Credits - 4 Lecture - 4
Investigation of the detective genre, its historical patterns, and its evolution from Poe to popular contemporary writers. Students will read a variety of detective novels/short stories in the categories of the Armchair/Cerebral Detective and Hard Boiled
Recommended preparation: WR 121
Prerequisite: WR 115 or Placement
Course Designation: Discipline Studies - A transferable course that meets distribution (group) requirements in the associate of arts Oregon transfer (A.A.O.T.) degree and the associate of science (A.S.) degree. Note: Courses meeting distribution requirements may always be used as electives in the transfer degrees.