Foundations of credibility.
Detective fictions need foundations of credibility to be believable and thus enjoyable. The foundations begin with the narrative frame, from which the crime, the criminal, the detective, are built. Each new addition depends on the credibility of the foregoing for its credibility. Structurally, the s...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-488762019-12-10T13:28:10Z Foundations of credibility. Tan, Vincent Chee Sum. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Sean Miller DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English Detective fictions need foundations of credibility to be believable and thus enjoyable. The foundations begin with the narrative frame, from which the crime, the criminal, the detective, are built. Each new addition depends on the credibility of the foregoing for its credibility. Structurally, the solution depends on the crime and detective, which depend on the narrative frame. I examine a portion of "A Study in Scarlet", contrasting it with the beginning of "Monsieur Lecoq" to demonstrate this dependency, and the importance of foundations of credibility in detective fiction. Bachelor of Arts 2012-05-10T06:35:52Z 2012-05-10T06:35:52Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48876 en Nanyang Technological University 26 p. application/pdf |
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Detective fictions need foundations of credibility to be believable and thus enjoyable. The foundations begin with the narrative frame, from which the crime, the criminal, the detective, are built. Each new addition depends on the credibility of the foregoing for its credibility. Structurally, the solution depends on the crime and detective, which depend on the narrative frame. I examine a portion of "A Study in Scarlet", contrasting it with the beginning of "Monsieur Lecoq" to demonstrate this dependency, and the importance of foundations of credibility in detective fiction. |
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