Required Texts

All of these books should be available at the Co-op, but I highly recommend ordering used copies through places like Amazon.com and Half.com, and other such web sites. It's much cheaper.

• Poe, Tales of Mystery and Detection, ISBN 0486287440. (You may use on-line texts for Poe as well.)
• Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Major Stories with Contemporary Critical Essays, ISBN 0312089457.
• Craig, ed. The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories, ISBN 0192803751.
• Hillerman, ed. The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, ISBN 0618012710.
• Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, ISBN 0425173895 (other editions are fine).
• Peters, A Rare Benedictine, ISBN 0446400882.
• Peters, One Corpse Too Many, ISBN 044640513.

We will also be reading several stories on Electronic Reserve.

I have put the following books on Reserve for this course. Some of the readings in these books are required.

• Hillerman and Herbert, eds. The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories. I am trying to get the good folks at Electronic Course Reserve to put all the selections from this book on-line, but copyrights are tricky things. You may have to go physically.
• Priestman, Crime Fiction.
• Priestman, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction
• Winks, ed. Detective Fiction.
• Various short stories from various sources. As with the Hillerman and Herbert book, above, I am trying to get all these on-line.

Required Work

• Attending class.
• Reading daily assignments. This is a literature course. We will be doing lots of reading.
• Quizzes.
• Participating in class and on the WebCT discussion board.
• A critical project. We will be doing critical projects instead of papers.
• A midterm exam.
• A final exam. The final, and its date, are mandated by the University; make your travel plans accordingly.

Grading

Your final grade will be computed thus:

• Midterm exam: 20%. If you miss the mid-term, you may make it up if and only if you have documentation for your absence from the University (i.e., the Dean of Student Services or the Athletic Department) or a doctor.
• Final exam: 20%. If you miss the final, you may not make it up unless the University gives you permission. Their rule, not mine.
• Quizzes: 20%. Your grade here will be the quiz average. Yes, I drop the lowest quiz, but I do not allow make-up quizzes.
• A critical project: 20%. Details can be found here.
• Class participation: 20%.

  Class participation consists of:

  • Attendance in class. Yes, I give you a point every day just for showing up. If you show up late, I may give you half a point or no points.
  • Participation in class. For each class in which you ask a relevant question, add something relevant to the discussion, bring in information, or make a relevant comment, you gain another point--on top of the one you gained for simply attending.
  • Participation on the WebCT discussion board. Shy about speaking up in class? Make your comments or ask your questions on the WebCT discussion board. Relevant postings gain a point.
  • Meeting with me in my office (or elsewhere) about coursework also earns points.
  • Excessive Absenteeism. Students who miss 6 classes will automatically fail class participation. Students who miss more than 12 classes will automatically get a 0 for class participation. I will only make exceptions for those who have documentation from Dean of Student Services (for traumatic events like death and illness) and the Athletic Department.
  • Perfect Attendance. Students who attend every class will earn 5 points towards their class participation.

  Class participation is not optional. Participating in class demonstrates your knowledge and analysis of the texts, and grading participation will allow me to give you credit for this work.

Contact Information

• E-mail: m.wendy.hennequin at uconn.edu. You are more likely to reach me by e-mail than by phone.
• Office: CLAS 206.
• Office hours: MWF 1-2.
• Office phone: 486-2391.

Go to the Schedule Page.

Go to the Critical Project.

Go to WebCT.

This page was created on Dec. 31, 2004 for English 216, sections 08 and 10. Last update, Dec. 31, 2004.