Essays about: "Crime fiction"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Crime fiction.

  1. 11. Guilt, Shame, and the Function of Unreliable Narration and Ambiguity in John Banville’s The Book of Evidence

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Katarina Svedberg; [2013]
    Keywords : John Banville; The Book of Evidence; truth in fiction; unreliable narration; ambiguity; shame; guilt; narcissism; confession;

    Abstract : In a confessional, first person narrative, the concept of truth and how it is constructed and perceived is important. Truth in fiction can be created and interpreted in a number of different ways, and when the narrative that portrays it in addition is unreliable and ambiguous, discerning truth becomes a decidedly complex process. READ MORE

  3. 12. Equality in Crime Fiction : A Modern, Female Literary Detective in Christopher Brookmyre's A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Sara Krohn; [2011]
    Keywords : Feminsm; Crime Fiction; English;

    Abstract : En uppsats om kvinnor och feminism inom den moderna kriminal litteraturen. ... READ MORE

  4. 13. Detecting Gender : Images of the Contemporary Woman in Crime Fiction by Patricia Cornwell and Peter Robinson

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Caroline Sims; [2010]
    Keywords : Crime Fiction; gender roles; womanhood; Fin-de-Siècle; characterization; professional arena; Patricia Cornwell; Kay Scarpetta; Peter Robinson; Annie Cabbot; Judith Halberstam; punishment.; Gender; Kriminalroman; könsroller; kvinnlighet; Fin-de-Siècle; personkarakteristik; Patricia Cornwell; Kay Scarpetta; Peter Robinson; Annie Cabbot; Judith Halberstam; bestraffning;

    Abstract : Den här studien har sitt fokus inom krimnalromangenren. Det finns två huvudlinjer. Först koncentrerar studien sig på vilka strategier två kvinnliga protagonister är tvungna att anta för att nå yrkesmässig framgång i en mansdominerad miljö. READ MORE

  5. 14. Fictional and Metafictional Strategies in Ian McEwan’s Novel Atonement (2001) and its Screen Adaptation (2007)

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Katrin Dahlbäck; [2009]
    Keywords : Ian McEwan; Atonement; Joe Wright; Reality; Fiction; Metafiction; Briony Tallis; Literature; Adaptation; Novel;

    Abstract : The concept of distorting the line between fiction and reality appears to be one of the main themes in Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001) as well as in Joe Wright’s screen adaptation of the novel, released in 2007. With the focus on the main character Briony Tallis this essay explores the influence that literature and fiction have on her, how they bring her to blur the line between them and reality and, to a lesser extent, the different ways in which the novel and its screen adaptation address this issue. READ MORE