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Gianni Ortega Department of Education, Rasmussen University Thesis and Annotated Bibliography G331/LIT3382 Section 01 Modern World Literature Professor Cassandra Pauley 02/27/2022

Thesis Mark Haddon’s “ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ” is a postmodernist mystery novel that utilizes metafiction as the protagonist Christopher John Francis Boone writes and talks about his own novel within the actual novel the readers are reading. Although Christopher writes his novel as a murder mystery, the actual novel explores many important aspects of a society as it follows the trials and tribulations of the protagonist Christopher, who obviously deals with an unnamed syndrome, that highly mirrors Asperger's Syndrome, especially when the protagonist states he cannot tell a lie as they are illogical. Centering the story around his point of view the reader is thrusted into a stimulating perspective of his world as they are introduced to all sorts of characters, most that do not really fully understand Christopher or his many unique skills and talents. Not only is it a story that seems to emphasize honesty and trust but is also one about seeing things from a different perspective when transitioning from youth to maturity as the protagonist, as an outsider to your typical “society'' embarks on his “quest” and finds himself along the way.

Ciocia, S. (2009). Postmodern Investigations: The Case of Christopher Boone in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Children’s Literature in Education, 40(4), 320–332. This Academic journal breaks down the phenomena regarding “The Curious Incident” as well as its simultaneous release in both adult and children’s literary markets. This article argues Haddon’s engagement regarding the genre of mystery fiction as one of the main reasons for the crossover success of the novel. The main goal of the article is to showcase how post modern twists on the classical detective literary formula can actually open up deeper levels of engagement, without excluding your less seasoned readers especially when incorporating universal themes such as childhood and innocence that comes with it. It is the discussion of maturity and the themes of coming of age that led to my choosing of this article. Freißmann, S. (2008). A Tale of Autistic Experience: Knowing, Living, Telling in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Partial Answers, 6(2), 395–417. This academic essay explores the multiple complexities of a narrative as a cognitive strategy by breaking down the specific limitations that the first person narrator being Christopher in Mark Haddon's 2003 novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog" may face. The article breaks down the

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