TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR INTRO TO DETFICT CLASS

August 19 Monday History of the Detective Novel
August 26 Monday
September 2 Monday Holiday
September 9 Monday Poe Murders in the Rue
Morgue
September 16 Monday Murder of Roger Ackroyd
September 23 Monday Maltese Falcon
September 30 Monday
October 7 Monday Holiday
October 14 Monday Silence of the Lambs
October 21 Monday Killing Orders
October 28 Monday Killer in kailash
November 4 Monday The Death of Amrito
November 11 Monday The Girl from Nongrim
hILLS
August 21 Wednesday Red Headed League
August 28 Wednesday
September 4 Wednesday A scandal in Bohemia
September 11 Wednesday Murders in the Rue
Morgue
September 18 Wednesday Murder of Roger
Ackroyd
September 25 Wednesday Maltese Falcon
October 2 Wednesday
October 9 Wednesday Silence of the Lambs
October 16 Wednesday Killing Orders
October 23 Wednesday satyajit ray Pearl in
paradise
October 30 Wednesday Blood Stains
November 6 Wednesday The Girl from Nongrim
hILLS
November 13 Wednesday

Write any 5 ASSIGNMENTS

Submission dates: September 4, 2019; September 25, 2019; October 9, 2019; October 23, 2019
and November 11, 2019.

Topics for assignment: RESPOND TO ANY FIVE ONLY

1. Discuss the art of detection in Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories OR Examine class and society
in Doyle’s stories.
2. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the importance of intuition vs the importance of
logic in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
3. Compare and Contrast the two detectives, Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s novel and
Dashiell Hammer’s Sam Spade.
4. Examine the space and locality as important points in Ankush Saikia’s novel.
5. Write a essay on how detective novel as a genre helps society.
6. Trace the rise of the detective novel.
7. Critically examine the notion of truth as projected in Satyajit Ray’s and Sharadindu
Bandopadhayaya’s short stories.
8. Examine how the text gets translated into visual media by examining any two TV
serials/movie.

Internal marks will be considered by taking 3 best assignments (25 marks) and 1 classroom
discussion/seminar (10 marks) and regular class attendance (5 marks)