Oct 23, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGL 245 - American Crime Fiction: Violent Literature of Place, Race, and Class


When Offered: F, S, SS

3 Credit(s)
3 Lecture Hour(s)
0 Lab Hour(s)

This course focuses on the study and practice of literature through reading crime fiction. Students will study how literature functions and how literature is used. Short stories, novels, and nonfiction will be examined for their historical, social, cultural, and psychological significance.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 .