comparing Dorothy B. Hughes’s In a Lonely Place with one other course text (based on your choice of topic). Your analysis of these texts should be guided by one of the following topics:
Topic #1 – Gender in Detective Fiction– Compare and contrast the treatment of gender in In a Lonely Place with either “The Gutting of Couffignal” or “The Tuesday Night Club.” Make an argument about the significance of the difference.
Topic #2 – Class in Detective Fiction – Compare and contrast the treatment of economic and social class in In a Lonely Place with either “The Gutting of Couffignal” or “The Tuesday Night Club.” Think about what role the detective plays in relationship to the class position of the other characters. Make an argument about the significance of the difference.
Topic #3 – Style in Detective Fiction – Compare and contrast the style (e.g. word choice, sentence length, point-of-view, etc.) in In a Lonely Place with either “The Gutting of Couffignal” or “The Tuesday Night Club.” How are they similar, how are they different? What is the significance of the comparison?
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