ENGL 382 Icelandic Noir: Crime Fiction and Film

The course offers an in-depth study of Icelandic Noir and offers two broad thematic approaches. The first is "Setting and Landscape" and the second theme is "Conflict between Modernity and Tradition" Among others, we will examine representations of angst about globalism and foreign-funded energy industry; human rights and immigration laws; ancestry and genetic research, etc. in Icelandic crime fiction and films. All texts are in English translation and films have English subtitles. No proficiency in Icelandic is required.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 100

Offered

Offered on occasion