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    should read detective fiction. We spend large parts of our lives in books about fiction. Not only in books but also through television shows and films. Many people wonder if it is positive or negative to read Fiction? Society is changing and is today surrounded by digital media that govern society. When society changes, it may in some cases be enjoyable to escape from reality and this by reading detective fiction. Britannica.com (Search word, Fiction history ,2017) explains that detective and crime-related

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    Detective Fiction Essay A detective fiction is a literary genre in form of a short story or novel that deals with crimes, usually murder and detectives are involved to seek out justice for the victims. The detectives involved in detective fictions can either be private, amateur, or police detectives. There are also other characters like the suspects and the side kicks. An amateur detective is a detective who has no license to operate as a private investigator neither is he/she a member of the police

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    Isolation in Detective Fiction Essay

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    In detective fiction, authors create chaos, which they balance with a sense of structure and reason. They implement many elements to entice the reader to continue with the detective on his quest to solve the riddle and defeat the chaos, which can be divided into two sections: noticeable chaos and silent chaos. Noticeable chaos includes elements such as murder and thievery, obvious aspects of detective fiction that make the reader cringe. Silent chaos, on the other hand, includes locked rooms and

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    '30s is generally referred to as the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. During this period, a number of very popular writers emerged, mostly British but with a notable subset of American and New Zealand writers. Female writers constituted a major portion of notable Golden Age writers, including Agatha Christie, the most famous of the Golden Age writers, and among the most famous authors of any genre, of all time. Various conventions of the detective genre were standardized during the Golden Age, and

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    Modern detective fiction has been employed cross-culturally predominantly with television media in recent decades as detective serve as reflections of cultural assumptions and values conveyed through the genre. Authors of new innovative storylines with unique characterizations and revitalizations of classic, ageless characters coincide to present new shift messages about crimes, the human element, and the detective. The comparable and divergent adaptations of detective genre is coming when comparing

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    had various occupations, including physician, surgeon, and author. Although this may seem impossible, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote fifty-six short stories, most of them involving his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes. Inspiration for the famous detective came to Doyle while attending Edinburgh University in the late 1870s, where he met his teacher, Dr. Joseph Bell, who was able to deduce his patients' occupations and other information from observing their appearance. Bell became the model for Sherlock

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    Criminology and Philosophy in Detective Fiction Detective fiction consists of various genres that exemplify the intersection of criminology and philosophy. Criminology components can be applied to perpetrators of the crime and their motives even though they are fictional. In a similar manner, the motive and overall story also exemplify components of philosophy. More specifically, the two detective fiction genres of Locked Room stories and Hoist on their Own Petards stories portray crime and perpetrators

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    Detective Fiction exists as one of the most popular fiction genres of all-time. Detective fiction uses facts and other details to solve a mystery which surrounds a perplexing murder in a novel. Many people gain excitement over a challenge or a test of knowledge when solving a puzzle. A puzzle may baffle or confuse the puzzler; therefore, the puzzler likes to solve the puzzle before the ending. People enjoy the experience of sheer satisfaction of solving a mystery before ending the literary

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    Detective fiction is one of the most popular literary genres. It has evolved greatly throughout its timeline. While it is difficult for literary scholars to identify when detective fiction’s timeline began or even who wrote the first detective fiction novel, it is commonly accepted that Edgar Allan Poe heavily contributed to the creation of the genre. He wrote three popular short stories that he called “tales of ratiocination,” which meant their plots were driven by analytical reasoning. Poe’s “tales

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    setting of the detective fictions, or the “stage” if we view literary works through the lenses of drama, we can move on to a more interesting topic: the “actors”. Character is the most pivotal elements in literary works. Comparing with other literary genre, detective fictions although famous for its complex plot-building, created many vivid characters, especially those courageous and intelligent detectives figures, which win universal praise. As a highly formulated literary genre, the detective personas

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