☆Basic Info

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

✎ Course Description

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?

☞ Learning Objectives

In this class, as we immerse ourselves in all things Sherlock Holmes, we'll also be:

📓Readings