HC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alphonse Bertillon, Social Mobility, Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock

• School: Oakland University
• Department: Honors College
• Course: HC 100
• Professor: Greame Harper

Document Summary

Intro: my brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective and initially he wanted to be a pirate. , opposites yet can be brought together under discovery. Stories: sir arthur conan doyle; brilliant yet eccentric or odd. Occasionally used morphine and other drugs to get away from a dull life/reality: the hound of the baskervilles. Published in 1901 and the 3rd holmes novel: watson is a narrator and note taker, more relatable than holmes; see holmes through watson"s eyes. History on detective fiction: edgar allen poe was actually the first to write detective fiction, 1880s-1930s arthur conan doyle"s sherlock holmes stories, 1920s-1930s golden age in england and u. s, mythology texts (oedipus/oedipus rex) Oedipus acts like a detective, interviewing people: biblical book of daniel. Experiment and find footsteps and ashes; mystery being solved by clues and evidence: quest.