Faculty First Year Seminars 197LLC7 - Murder in a Cold Climate: The

? and who doesn?t love a good shiver now and then?! -- Mystery novels by contemporary Icelandic authors have been widely praised for their realism and readability. In this course we will read and discuss crime novels written by four of Iceland?s most exciting crime authors and we will address such issues as: the portrayal of those who break the law and those who enforce it, whether justice is truly served in the end, and whether the narrative is believable. We will also investigate how these novels may reflect the society in which they take place as well as of western culture in general.

Freshmen Only