Instructor: Professor Louisa Stein
Office: Axinn 206
Office hours: TBA
Email: [email protected]
Seminar: 1:30-4:15, W, Axinn 105
Screening: 7:30-10:25 W, Axinn 232
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes in 1886. Since then, the consulting detective has continued to solve mysteries in literature, radio, film, television, and digital media. Indeed, Sherlock Holmes inspired what many think of as the earliest media fandom. Why has Sherlock Holmes continued to be such a fascinating figure for almost a century and a half? How have Holmes and sidekick Watson transformed in their different iterations across media, culture, and history? And what does it mean for contemporary media including Elementary, Sherlock, Miss Sherlock, and The Irregulars to reimagine Sherlock Holmes for the 21st century?
In this class, as we immerse ourselves in all things Sherlock Holmes, we'll also be: