Essays about: "detective novels"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words detective novels.

  1. 1. Is That Really You, Sherlock Holmes? : A Corpus Stylistic and Comparative Literary Analysis Investigating the Survival of the Authentic Holmes in Contemporary Pastiches

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Amanda Silfver; [2021]
    Keywords : Corpus Stylistics; Cognitive Stylistics; Narratology; Characterisation; Authenticity; Period Pastiche; Sherlock Holmes;

    Abstract : This thesis has conducted an extensive character analysis of Sherlock Holmes by comparing the original, authentic detective, as he appears in a corpus consisting of Conan Doyle’s collected works about Holmes, to the characterisation in three select period pastiches. The aim was to analyse to what extent the true characterisation of the famous sleuth has survived in contemporary adaptations, more specifically in the three texts, Sherlock Vs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Aspects of Control in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Maria Grip; [2019]
    Keywords : Donna Tartt; The Secret History; Control; New Criticism; Symbols; Images; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In literature there is a great variety of detective novels and The Secret History is one that presents the whydunnit-plot pattern, as the murderers are exposed early on. Another extensive part of The Secret History is its connection to Greek tragedies and Dionysian influences. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hyde

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jenny Appelgren Percival; [2014-10-09]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; male homosocial desire; structural model of the psyche; Sigmund Freud; Robert Louis Stevenson;

    Abstract : The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson is one of the most famous male friendships in modern literature. Using the two novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s extensive canon about the extraordinary detective and his companion, this essay examines the bond between Holmes and Watson through Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s theories about male homosocial desire. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Doctor on Screen - Adapting the character of Dr. Watson from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in "Sherlok" and the "Sherlock Holmes" films

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jonathan Pierre; [2013-06-12]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Arthur Conan Doyle; adaption; film; television; crime fiction; point of view; focalization; sleuth;

    Abstract : Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are two of the most recognizable figures in crime literature. They worked numerous cases together; in total, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels about them. READ MORE

  6. 5. Suspect Behaviour : A Gender Perspective on Male and Female Characters in Two Detective Novels by Agatha Christie

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Caroline Lindqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : Agatha Christie; Gender Stereotypes;

    Abstract : This essay is a gender analysis of some of the characters created by Agatha Christie. The aim is to investigate the occurrence of gender stereotypes and if traditional gender norms are challenged by men and/or women characters in Evil Under the Sun and The Body in the Library. READ MORE