SAMLA 2020 : CRIME AND COMPOSITION (Roundtable)

This roundtable welcomes submissions showcasing the usage of crime to impart the goals of the English literature or composition classroom. Addressing the SAMLA 92 theme of Scandal! Literature and Provocation: Breaking Rules, Making Texts, we are interested in looking at crime as a heuristic or method of teaching. Examples include the following: 

• Crime-based literature 
• True crime podcasting 
• Conspiracy argumentation 
• Criminal investigation as a means of teaching research 
• Popular representations and visual rhetoric 
• Crime writing as genre