Selected readings by such authors as Frank Miller, Mickey Spillane, William S. Burroughs, Doris Sommer,JohnLeCarré, D.H.LawrenceandDianediPrima Selected films including: Quentin Terentino’s “Pulp Fiction”, Bryan Singer‘s “The Usual Suspects” and Christopher Nolan‘s “Memento,” Soderbergh‘s “Out of Sight” and John Cusack vehicle “GrossePointBlank 1) what is the history of pulp fiction, and how does it develop, from early nineteenth-century dimenovelsrightuptotheproliferationofmass-producedpaperbacks; 2) what are the links between “canonical” works and writers of pulp fiction? Here we will foray into Paris, where a number of famous writers got their start by writing notoriously bawdy fiction fortheconsumptionofParisiantourists
