If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Acquire a general knowledge of the history of the mystery genre in fiction and film.
- Explain various formulas for mystery in fiction, especially classical and hard-boiled detective.
- Explain various formulas for mystery in film, especially film noir and Alfred Hitchcock's works.
- Apply your understanding of mysteries through analysis of individual mystery novels and/or films.
- Apply your understanding of mysteries through analysis of the relationship of the mystery genre to its cultural context.
- Apply and enjoy your understanding of mysteries in a project of your design.