{"ModuleCode":"GEH1005","ModuleTitle":"Crime Fiction in Eng & Chinese","Department":"Chinese Studies","ModuleDescription":"This course introduces first and second year students to methods of analysis of literary texts. This is achieved by juxtaposing two literary genres from different traditions (Western detective fiction and Chinese court-case fiction) and exploring the issues that arise from reading them together. We will seek to link the role of technical features in the texts with the production of meaning for the individual reader and for society. Issues will include the role of watchdog figures; the possibility that crime may arise from a failure of society to redress wrongs; the relationship between class and the justice system; and basic problems of justice. 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Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of crime stories, we will explore crime stories as a narrative form and their social relevance. The following are some questions we will answer along the way of reading: How and why did the genre rise and flourish? How did this genre intersect with other forms of knowledge? What do crime stories tell us about man and his society?
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\nStarting out from an overview of this genre in English literature, we will then turn to transnational exchanges and mutual borrowings between English and detection, and move to the development of crime stories in Chinese literature from the premodern to contemporary periods. During the first six weeks we will cover the
\nevolution of detection as a narrative tradition from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Christie Agatha, Dashiel Hammet, to
\nHitchcock and recent TV series. After the fall recess, we turn to the Chinese crime stories from Judge Dee to contemporary Hong Kong crime films. All readings and films will be in English or be given English translations.","Order":5},{"ID":"6e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Syllabus","Description":"
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