NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 偵探小說(3515)
(Eng.) Detective Fiction
Offering Dept Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher JUDY,RONALD
Department Continuing Bachelor Program in Foreign Languages and Literatures(N)Undergraduate Language English Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods

Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 What is detective fiction? Plans/expectations
Week 2 Edgar A. Poe, “The Purloined Letter”
Week 3 Dashiell Hammett, “A Man Called Spade”
Week 4 Film, “The Maltese Falcon”
Week 5 Raymond Chandler, “Red Wind”
Week 6 Ross MacDonald, “Find the Woman”
Week 7 Sue Grafton, “Between the Sheets”
Week 8 Midterm Essay
Week 9 A. C. Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia” /(BBC) Sherlock, ”A Scandal in Belgravia”
Week 10 Edogawa Rampo, “The Case of the Murder on D. Hill”
Week 11 J-L Borges, “Death and the Compass”
Week 12 Henning Mankell, ”The Man with the Mask”
Week 13 Film: watch Knives Out (2019)
Week 14 TBA
Week 15 Review
Week 16 Final Essay
self-directed
learning
   01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
   02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.
   03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.

Evaluation
In class essays/etc
Textbook & other References
My reader
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
https://post-literal.blogspot.com
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/109IsftAv2ff1Y3ndNwIMBZ9dvt9yv6HA
Office Hours
Fri 10-12 and by appointment
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
10.Reduced Inequalitiesinclude experience courses:N
Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please respect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day:2026/02/25 15:40:30 Printed Date, year/month/day:2026 / 3 / 10
The second-hand book website:http://www.myub.com.tw/