True Crime in Early Mod London
MDVL-382H-1
Binghamton University
- Semester
- Winter 2024/25
- Instructor
- Allen M Loomis
- Start Date
- 12-16-2024
- Total Credits
- 4
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- 607-777-6088
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Recently there has been a revival of the true crime genre via wildly popular podcasts like Serial, and Netflix shows such as Crime Scene: The Vanishing at Cecil Hotel. Which begs the question, why are we attracted to reading, watching, and listening to accounts of what are often gruesome true crimes in the first place? In this course, we will consider this question for our contemporary moment but primarily apply it to depictions of true crimes that occurred over four hundred years ago. Together we imagine what it might have been like to be in London at the end of the 16th and early 17th century and become investigators as we dive into archives to read true crime accounts across popular early modern media, such as prose pamphlets, broadside ballads, and dramas performed on stage. More extended readings include three full-length plays: Arden of Faversham, A Warning for Fair Women, and A Yorkshire Tragedy.
General Education Area(s): Basic Communication
Course Area: Humanities
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-16-2024 - 01-17-2025
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