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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-06-98-105
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2021.06.98.105
Language: English
Citation: Otajonova, D. B. (2021). The emergence of detective fiction in the nineteenth century. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 06 (98), 757-759. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-06-98-105 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2021.06.98.105 |
Pages: 757-759
Published: 30.06.2021
Abstract: The article is devoted to the argument that draws upon many aspects of critical frameworks such as the regulatory and disciplinary functions of detective fiction as well as the connection between detection and storytelling. However, my analysis focuses primarily on the figure of the detective rather than criminals or the law courts. Specifically, it argues that the detective novels that begin to emerge at the end of the eighteenth century and develop over the course of the nineteenth century link detection and authorship. Late eighteenth-century, proto-detective novels such as Caleb Williams, suggest that successful detection is contingent upon the detective’s ability to cultivate the trust and admiration of their audience as well as craft a compelling, believable, and socially accepted narrative of the crimes they investigate. The repetitive nature of criminal activity in these novels represents a larger genre shift that deemphasizes the importance of the crimes themselves in favor of a detailed examination of the psyche and investigative method of the detective.
Key words: detective genre, novels, discipline of detective genre.
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