Hi, Kevin: Well, one of the ideas of the course, in the
spirit of inquiry, is to come to a working
definition-starting off considering various critical takes
(e.g., Haut, O'Brien, Marling, Chandler himself, etc.) on the
hardboiled, hardboiled detective fiction, the crime novel,
noir novel, etc. and then, through the novels, we'll evaluate
these definitions-or perhaps realize the failure of any lone
definition to encompass such a wide swath. That's why, in
part, we're doing a few books that certainly stretch (or even
contort) some definitions of hardboiled-e.g., LAURA. Of
course, the main focus of the course is the books
themselves...
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith
<kvnsmith@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2006, at 8:00 AM, Megan wrote:
>
> > It's really meant to be a jumping off
point/conversation-provoking
> > tool for class discussion. But, as I said, I
welcome any and all
> > suggestions--that's why I put it out
there!
>
> Which is more or less what I realized, after reading
your comments. And
> I think it goes back to your definition of what
hard-boiled is. Maybe
> you'd like to share it with us, so we can all start
from the same
> place?
>
>
> Kevin
>
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