Week by Week Schedule
- Before we meet for the first time, please read Lyndsay Faye, “Why Sherlock?” and come to class ready to think about your own answer: what drew you to this class in particular and/or to Sherlock Holmes as a figure?
Week 1 – September 17
Reading- A Study in Scarlet (A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel)
- Everyone’s an Author, (EA) xxix-xxxiv.
- Sherlock Holmes (Excerpt, 1916 w/ William Gillette)
- BBC Sherlock “A Study in Pink”
Week 2—September 22 & 24
Reading- ACD, “The Red Headed League” & “A Scandal in Bohemia” (in The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes)
- Stein & Busse, “Introduction: The Literary, Televisual, and Digital Adventures of the Beloved Detective,” Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom [This is available as an ebook at the library or hard copy at the bookstore]
- EA, 5-28
Screening
- “The Case of the Cunningham Heritage" (Sherlock Holmes Ronald Howard TV series) (1954)
- Sherlock Holmes (Granada) “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1984)
- Elementary, “Pilot”(2012)
Week 3—September 29th & October 1st
Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt (GLiSHMHES)
Reading- ACD, “The Gloria Scott” & “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
- Neil Gaiman, “A Study in Emerald”
- EA, 18-35
- Sherlock Holmes (1922, with John Barrymore)
- “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes” (Mercury Theatre Radio production starring Orson Welles)
Week 4—October 6 & 8
- ACD, “The Greek Interpreter” & “The Valley of Fear”
- Kustritz and Kohnen, “Decoding the City,” Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom
- EA, “This is Where I Stand: Arguing a Position,” 61-88
- BBC Sherlock, “The Blind Banker” (TBB)
- Lyndsay Faye, “The Blind Banker or the End of a Perfectly Good Moustache”
- Simone Knox, “Sherlock and the Representation of Chineseness”
Week 5—October 13 & 15
[Oct 13 Visit to the Stone Leaf Tea House during class time]
[Oct 13 Visit to the Stone Leaf Tea House during class time]
[Oct 15 Oratory Now Focus on Public Speaking & Discussion]
Reading- ACD, “The Yellow Face” & “The Five Orange Pips”
- Charlotte Walters, “Sherlock Holmes, Doyle and the Issue of Race,” read the comments as well!)
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Part 1 OR The Case of the Missing Marquess Part 1
- EA, “Writing a Narrative,” 101-127
- Sherlock Holmes (with Basil Rathbone)
Week 6—October 20 & 22
October 20 Tumblr Curation: Addiction
October 22 Tumblr Curation: AOK
ReadingOctober 22 Tumblr Curation: AOK
- Ashley Polasek, “Winning The Grand Game,” Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Part 2
- EA, “Writing Analytically,” 137-169
- BBC Sherlock, “The Great Game”
Week 7—October 27 & 29
October 27 Tumblr Curation: Sherlationship Probs
October 29 Tumblr Curation: Stache
ReadingOctober 29 Tumblr Curation: Stache
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Part 3
- EA, “Writing a Review,” 229-259
- Malcah Effron, “Holmes’s Companions: Refiguring Watson as a Woman” [Spoiler Alert: Read this only AFTER! the screening and finishing TBA!]
- Elementary S1, E22, 23, & 24 “Risk Management,” “The Woman,” “Heroine.”
Week 8—November 3 & 5
Reading- ACD, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” & “The Final Problem” [Also, if you're interested, check out this fascinating silent film The Man with The Twisted Lip filmed in London]
- Arcadia Falcone, “Sherlock Holmes’s Infinite Case-Book”
- Luke Benjamin Kohns, “Doyle or Death, an Investigation into the World of Pastiche” Sherlock Holmes: Fan Phenomena
- EA, 330-373
- BBC Sherlock, "The Reichenbach Fall"
Week 9—November 10 & 12
Reading- Jeanette Laredo, “I believe in Sherlock Holmes, Sherlockian Fandom Then and Now”
- Sherlock Holmes Fan Fiction: Choose from a Selection or Suggest Your Own (click here for the list and email me to add to it--also, if you have trouble getting this link/page to load, try clicking "remove this header" and it should load)
- EA, “The Role of Argument,” 269-304.
- Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr., 2009)
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, “Pilot”
Week 10—November 17 & 19
[Transmedia Project Presentations All Week]
[Final paper/project proposals due November 19]
Reading[Transmedia Project Presentations All Week]
[Final paper/project proposals due November 19]
- ACD, “The Adventure of The Empty House” & "The Adventures of the Bruce Partington Plans"
- Jonathan Cranfield, “Sherlock Holmes: Fan Culture and Fan Letters,” Sherlock Holmes Fan Phenomena
- Amy Thomas, The Baker Street Babes, Pastiche vs. Fan Fiction: the Debate that Wouldn't Die.
- "You Say Fanfic, I Say Pastiche" (And do delve into the comments if you dare...)
- Sherlock Holmes Podcasts: Listen to an episode (or more) of the Baker Street Babes; you can scan through the descriptions and choose the episode that interests you. Or if you know of another Sherlock Holmes related podcast, listen to that and share the link with others in the Canvas conversations so we can check it out!
- BBC Sherlock, “Many Happy Returns” & “The Empty Hearse”
Week 11—November 24
Nov 12: Advanced Research Library Workshop
Nov 14 Thanksgiving break
Nov 12: Advanced Research Library Workshop
Nov 14 Thanksgiving break
Week 12—December 1&3
[Dec 3 Transmedia Project Written Component Due]
Reading[Dec 3 Transmedia Project Written Component Due]
- ACD, “The Adventure of The Dancing Men” & “Lot No. 249”
- Additional Readings TBA
- Young Sherlock Holmes
Week 13—December 8 & 10
Reading- ACD, “The Adventure of The Lion’s Mare” & “His Last Bow”
- Bonus ACD, "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton." I was rereading this one and felt it especially spoke to many of the issues we've discussed in class, in a beautifully direct way. Also, it was adapted into the Magnussen storyline in Sherlock S3
- Neil Gaiman, “The Case of Death and Honey” A Study in Sherlock
- Lynette Porter, “Bookends of the Great Detectives Life: Neil Gaiman’s Award Winning Pastiches.” Holmes for the 21st Century (ebook at library)
- The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective
Final Project/Paper due December 17
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