Essays about: "Sherlock Holmes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Sherlock Holmes.
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1. Sherlock Holmes- an adaptable hero
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : .... READ MORE
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2. An Exploration of Social Dimensions Through Sherlock Holmes : A Historicist Interpretation and Teaching of Sherlock Holmes’ First and Last Adventure
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories about the character Sherlock Holmes are known by many people, they excited readers when he first released the stories in different magazines, and they still excite readers to this day. This essay aims to explore the social dimensions in Conan Doyle’s first and last Sherlock Holmes story by searching for indications of social status and formality. READ MORE
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3. Where is the "New Woman"? A study of women characters in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : Detective stories are a common part of our society today through literature and television, and the most famous detective of all is undoubtedly Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories narrate several mysteries set in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and through the mysteries a large number of men and women are presented. READ MORE
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4. 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)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
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5. The Influence of Forensic Science and Law Enforcement on the Sherlock Holmes Stories
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous protagonists in the literary genre of crime, but how he came to be is not often discussed. The stories about Holmes were written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Arthur Conan Doyle during a period when British society was developing in matters of human rights, law, and science. READ MORE
