This course aims to be an enjoyable exploration of detective and crime fiction. This year we will focus on novels set in times of chaos and crisis. From the Titanic to a mysterious town in Soviet Russia to the G8 summit in Scotland we will ask how a detective investigates a crime when the community or world around them is in turmoil. In these novels, the streets are difficult to pace as other events divert and frustrate our investigators, the people distracted by larger concerns, but the job still needs to be done. We will reflect on the way Detective fiction urges us to remember our duty to the individual in worlds focused on the bigger picture, and the rich connections that we can explore between the case and its social and political contexts.

Dates: 29th January - 26th March 2025

Location: Room 1.H030, University of Bristol Arts Complex, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB

Refund Policy: Refunds for our short courses are only to be given in exceptional circumstances and no less than one month before the course is due to start. Refunds for a course already started cannot be accepted. If a student wishes to withdraw from a course once it has begun and wishes to defer their place onto a different course, they are only guaranteed a place on the different course if it does not sell out. A guarantee of deferred places can only be confirmed one week before the course is due to start.

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0117 455 8271