Syllabus and handouts for ENGL 1158.107: Crime Stories
ENGL 1158 Syllabus and Schedule
Signup sheet for discussion leading and workshops
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders At The Rue Morgue"
Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"
G. K. Chesterton's "The Wrong Shape"
"Writing About Short Stories," from The Story And Its Writer
Some possible approaches to essays
Two pretty good sample essays about literature
A glossary of literary terms from The Story And Its Writer
Character dossier exercise for fiction writers
Five characters created from dossier exercise
Ideas for a paper on "The Murders At The Rue Morgue"
Ideas for a paper on "The Adventure Of The Speckled Band"
Ideas for a paper on "The Gutting of Couffignal"
Ideas for a paper on The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
Ideas for a paper on "The Baby In The Icebox"
Ideas for a paper on The Big Sleep
Ideas for a paper on "The Wrong Shape"
Ideas for a paper on "The Terrapin"
Ideas for a paper on The Sour Lemon Score
Ideas for a paper on "The Comforts Of Home"
Ideas for a paper on "Do With Me What You Will"
Ideas for a paper on The Laughing Policeman
Ideas for papers on "Quitters, Inc." and "The Parker Shotgun"
Ideas for a paper on The Likeness