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Forløb#6 True Crime EKSAMEN
This course has a focus on true crime, or real-life horror, and the fascination it holds. We are working with old genres, such as the murder ballad, the opinion piece and the nonfiction novel, as well as new genres such as investigative podcasts and documentary TV-series.
In groups, students will analyse murder ballads and write their own muder ballads.
Students will write 5-paragraph essays based on individual work with true crime articles.
Link til forløbsplan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JFIqplRNpE4lustGMI-Vo1ybDjLGBSg4Cjm8nKKDt1Y/edit?usp=sharing
Analytical methods:
Nonfiction analysis
Framing, and The Kuleshov Effect
Language features
Style of writing
Course material:
Katrine Brøndsted og Mathias Larsen, Narrating Truth. Anthology, (Alt i ord, 2021), ch. 4 ”True Crime”
Introduction: True Crime, On real-Life Atrocities, p. 128 – 133
“The Knoxville Girl”, author unkown, murder ballad
“Mr. Charles Dickens and the Execution of the Mannings”, Charles Dickens (1849)
Via narratingtruth.org:
YouTube channel Wisecrack addresses the culture around true crime (14 min.)
Group work with murder ballads:
Tom Dooley
Stagger Lee
Delia’s Gone
Group work with true crime articles:
Grann, David. “A Postmodern Murder Mystery.” The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2008, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/11/true-crime.
“The City That Fell in Love with the Mob.” The New Republic, https://newrepublic.com/article/68973/crimetown-usa.
Seal, Mark. “How a Ragtag Gang of Retirees Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist.” Vanity Fair, Mar. 2016, www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/03/biggest-jewel-heist-in-british-history.
Jellick, Jason. “How I Became a Con Artist.” Salon, 30 Nov. 2010, www.salon.com/2010/11/30/life_as_an_amateur_con/.
Solomon, Christopher. “The Real-Life Superhero Who Beats the Cops to Bike Thieves.” Outside, www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/real-life-superhero-who-beats-cops-bike-thieves/.
“The Truck Stop Killer.” GQ, Nov. 2012, https://www.gq.com/story/truck-stop-killer-gq-november-2012?printable=true.
Cappello, Nile. “The Girl in the Picture.” The Atavist Magazine, magazine.atavist.com/the-girl-in-the-picture-aundria-bowman-dennis-murder-michigan-cold-case/.
Podcast episodes:
Serial, S1E1, The Alibi, Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder (2014)
In the Dark, S1E1, The Crime, Madeleine Baran (2016)
Documentary TV-series:
The Staircase, S1E1, Crime or Accident?, Dir. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (2004-2018) (Netflix)
Omfang: 15 % af det samlede stof i 2g
Link til gruppernes repetition:
True Crime
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13nQjwTCtmXeOyvnBAVV7OoUsrYa7Eknpuck9VYzkzV8/edit?usp=sharing_eip_se_dm&ts=681c7278
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