Foundations of credibility.

• Main Author: Tan, Vincent Chee Sum.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48876
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...