Essays about: "Amanda Silfver"

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  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