Essays about: "Crime fiction"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words Crime fiction.

  1. 6. Use of Accents in Denise Mina's Still Midnight

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Ida Regin; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Scottish crime writer Denise Mina uses the setting of Glasgow in her crime fiction. Still Midnight (2009) is the first novel in her series about police officer Alex Morrow. This essay focuses on reported speech and comments concerning language, more specifically Glaswegian accents, in the novel. READ MORE

  3. 7. Texting Sherlock - An intermedial analysis of visual intra-diegetic text in the TV-Series Sherlock

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Intermediala studier

    Author : Silja Wendt; [2015]
    Keywords : Intra-diegetic Text; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock; Intermediality; Immersion; Genre; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay aims for a qualitative examination and discussion on the use of intra-diegetic text in the BBC-series Sherlock. With the purpose of identifying its impact on the viewer position and the presentation of genre, different theories from the area of intermediality and film studies, such as Lars Elleström and Agnes Pethö, are presented and applied to the examination of three selected scenes from the series. READ MORE

  4. 8. Real Life as a Play on Stage - A Study of Guilt and Shame in Ian McEwan's "Atonement"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ingegerd Stenport; [2013-06-25]
    Keywords : real life; play on stage; Atonement; Ian McEwan; guilt; shame;

    Abstract : In the novel "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, questions of guilt, shame and redemption are in focus. The main character Briony Tallis is presented as making up for a crime by working on a novel for 59 years. READ MORE

  5. 9. 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. 10. 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