In this one-credit seminar we will read five novels by twentieth and twenty-first century women writers that suggest the mystery genre has much to offer in the way of literary analysis and enjoyment. Authors will include: Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Barbara Neely, Maj Sjowall, and Louise Penny. We will consider violence as a literary theme, gender norms in the genre (and their subversions), geography and journey as a central aspect of the works, as well as the allusive elements of myth and legend undergirding their structure.
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