Metafictional potentiality of detective fiction and the metaphysical detective stories [PDF]
Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich, 2020 The article examines metatextual devices appearing within texts whose genre affiliation — the implementation of the detective novel convention — is unarguable. Such use of selfreferential strategies is juxtaposed with their applications in texts that in
Agnieszka Izdebska
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Detective fiction in Cuban society and culture. [PDF]
, 2000 PhDThe object of this thesis is to reach towards an understanding of Cuban society through a study of its detective fiction and more particularly contemporary Cuban society through the novels of the author and critic, Leonardo Padura Fuentes.
Wilkinson, Stephen
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Theology in suspense : how the detective fiction of P.D. James provokes theological thought [PDF]
, 2012 Electronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThe following dissertation argues that the detective fiction of P.D. James provokes her readers to think theologically.
Sharkey, Jo Ann
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The anatomy of the detective novel [PDF]
, 1976 There are several types of crime fiction. This thesis is concerned with one type only, the detective story. As this term has been used rather loosely by publishers, reviewers, critics and librarians, the first part of this chapter has been devoted to a ...
Pauline E.M. Larkins (7173869)
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The End of Resolution? Reflections on the Ethics of Closure in Don DeLillo's Detective Plots [PDF]
, 2010 This discussion of Don DeLillo's novels Libra and Mao II examines the ethical implications of DeLillo’s refusal to provide narrative closures in his use of and critical engagement with Victorian detective novels and their closural ...
Schweighauser, Philipp +3 more
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Civilian Detective Doctrine in the 1930s and its Transmission to the Military Police in 1940-42 [PDF]
, 2014 The Special Investigation Branch (SIB) of the Royal Military Police (RMP) was formed in 1940, after the military authorities became concerned at the widespread theft of military stores by members of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), and following a ...
Moore, Colin +6 more
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Commemorating Forgetting: 1922 and Golden Age Detective Fiction
, 2022 Detective fiction of the 1920s and 1930s, the genre’s “Golden Age,” is concerned with a desire to mitigate the moral injustices of the war, symbolized by the solution of the crime and the resolution of the narrative.
Gildersleeve, Jessica
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Beyond Victimhood: Caste, Gender, and the Subversion of Cozy Detective Fiction in Tarquin Hall’s the Case of the Love Commandos [PDF]
LitinfiniteThis article examines the manner in which the British writer Tarquin Hall represents major Indian female in his detective novel The Case of the Love Commandos, drawing upon the critical lenses of postcolonial feminism and intersectionality.
Dr. Marwa Boubaker
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The Conventions of Detective Fiction, or Why We Like Detective Novels: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Anafora, 2018 Detective fiction has been immensely popular among readers for decades. This paper answers the questions of who the readers of this genre are and what makes detective stories so attractive for them. The first part of the paper discusses why the so-called
Sanja Matković
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LE ROMAN POLICIER AFRICAIN FRANCOPHONE: DU BANAL INVRAISEMBLABLE AU FANTASTIQUE / THE FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN DETECTIVE NOVEL: FROM THE COMMON UNIMAGINABLE TO THE FANTASY / ROMANUL POLIŢIST AFRICAN FRANCOFON: DE LA BANALUL LIPSIT DE ORIGINALITATE LA FANTASTIC [PDF]
Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2017 The Francophone African detective novel uses absurdity to reveal with hurtful cruelty the fate and tragic existence of a people at the edge of abyss.
Guilioh Merlain Vokeng Ngnintedem
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