| Course Title: Sherlock Holmes and Interpretation |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course will explore the Sherlock Holmes stories and their various afterlives as a case study to explore the problematics of interpretation, especially literary interpretation. Some of the questions raised will concern evidence, inductive and deductive thought, applying theoretical paradigms, historical and material contexts, character and narrative, form and genre, popular culture, ideology, and the aesthetic. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Nigel Alderman | 413-538-3224 | nalderma@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ENGL-199 or 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENGL0003 | ENGL-TM: Theory and Methods | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Theory and Methods |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan Copyright: 1986 Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 9780553212419 Publisher: Bantam Classics |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: herlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan Copyright: 1986 Edition: Volume: 2 ISBN: 9780553212426 Publisher: Bantam Classics |
Required | 10.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |