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Jul 31, 2025
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LAL 1944 - TALES OF MYSTERY, QUEST, SELF-DISC
credits: 3.0
Will be discussing and writing about three kinds of mystery and discovery: psychological fiction, detective stories, and allegorical narrative . The teaching goals are to have the students become familiar with the broad spectrum of mystery fiction, to help them become aware of the ethics illuminated, and to grow more cognizant of their own values as a consequence of their written and verbal reactions to the reading. Will read fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka and Jorge Luis Borges. Method of Instruction: The course will be focused mainly on reading and discussion; lectures will provide the background and conceptual framework for a coherent approach to the subject. Students will find ample opportunities to work as a team, and to conduct group activities that will draw on their logical and analytical capabilities. Regular in-class analysis will focus on a question or passage from the reading. Students will also be required to write a position statement that will register their pertinent response to the assigned reading and will generate seminar discussion. Besides position statements written assignments will include two papers (three to four pages each) that will develop a topic related to the course. The final exam will consist of an essay (five to six pages, typed) written outside of class and handed in at the scheduled time of the final exam. Method of Evaluation: Class work and participation (25%), written work (25%), midterm exam (25%) and final exam (25%).
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