THEOREL 217

Religion and Crime Fiction

Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for THEOREL 217.

Description

Considers how religious themes, texts, and traditions are used within crime fiction to explore contemporary complex relationships between religion and violence. Students will develop skills to identify religious themes expressed explicitly and implicitly in a range of crime fiction (from the nineteenth century to the present) and to investigate their particular significances within this literary genre.

Availability 2018

Not taught in 2018

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

THEOREL 217: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I from the BA Schedule

Restrictions

THEOREL 317