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This course will delve into the genre of the mystery, long one of the most popular genres in popular culture. We will seek out clues that establish hallmarks of the genre, as well as those films, TV shows and literary texts that push its limits. The course will investigate the mystery at the heart of detective films, TV shows, and literature. Critics have suggested detective stories work to restore order in the world but that narrative arc raises questions of what sorts of order are presented: Is it political? social? And what happens if a solution is not found? You can thus see how sleuthing will discover that mystery films, TV shows, and novels are not just mindless thrills.Our investigation will interrogate films and TV shows such as Agatha Christies adaptations, Hitchcocks Rear Window, Guy Ritchies Sherlock Holmes, as well as suspects TV shows such as Midsomer Murders, Vera, Father Brown, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. We will map out characteristics of the genre, as well as why such films are often la