Why are we fascinated with crime? This course investigates how true crime storiesfrom the nineteenth-century murder ballads to the Tonya Harding scandal to the notorious case of Jeffrey Dahmerattempt to make sense of problems at the heart of U.S. society. We will analyze a range of media, including prose fiction, graphic novels, poetry, and film, developing students abilities to critically examine the narratives they encounter. By studying the strategies storytellers use to shape our sense of whats true, students will learn to recognize how true crime narratives mediate our understanding of our culture, and to perceive how the stories we tell impact the lives of real people.
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