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1. 21. 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

3. 22. Transmedial Migration : Properties of Fictional Characters Adapted into Actual Behavior

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Ezra Alexander; [2013]
   Keywords : fictional worlds; fictional being; fictional properties; possible worlds; possible being; adaptation; ontology; transmedial migration; transmediality;

   Abstract : Research in the field of fictional and possible worlds examines the real and its hypothetical counterparts. The interaction between the actual and the fictional is a cause of debate within this field, and includes questions concerning the ontological status of fictional characters and their relation to reality. READ MORE

4. 23. The 'Other' Side of London : The Roles of the Orient in the City of Sherlock Holmes

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Sofie Lundberg; [2011]
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   Abstract : This essay focuses on the city of London as it is presented in three Sherlock Holmes stories, and how its society is changed by the Other. The Other here refers to a product or person which has origins in the Orient, as the term is defined by Edward W. Said in his Orientalism. READ MORE