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A Farcical Parody--on The Detective Detector by O. Henry 陈可薇10300120180 2012年12月

A Farcical Parody--on The Detective Detector by O. Henry 陈可薇 10300120180 2012年12月

Retelling of the Text Analysis Structure On Intertextuality On Detective Fiction

Structure Retelling of the Text & Analysis On Intertextuality On Detective Fiction

Retelling of the Text Professional Criminal Avery Knight committed a murder with deliberate exposure Knight boasted to Doctor about "hunting down the detective” Knight succeeded in doing so and the revelation of his strategies

Retelling of the Text Professional Criminal Avery Knight committed a murder with deliberate exposure Knight boasted to Doctor about “hunting down the detective” Knight succeeded in doing so and the revelation of his strategies

Typical O. Henry Style O Conciseness and simplicity o A contemporary setting(dialect, real places ● Final twist O UNIQUENESS: the first-person narrative, not omniscient; narrator not being the focal character

⚫ Conciseness and simplicity ⚫ A contemporary setting (dialect, real places) ⚫ Final twist ⚫ UNIQUENESS: the first-person narrative, not omniscient; narrator not being the focal character. Typical O. Henry Style

Several confusions Flat characters? Logicality? What is the A piece of Realism? object of Mockery?

Several Confusions Flat characters? Logicality? A piece of Realism? What is the object of Mockery?

Intertextuality with Sherlock holmes ● Sherlock holmes versus“ Shamrock Jones ● Dr Watson versus the narrating"Doctor” o Inductive theory versus"Saltatorial theory

⚫ Sherlock Holmes versus “Shamrock Jolnes” ⚫ Dr Watson versus the narrating “Doctor” ⚫ Inductive theory versus “Saltatorial theory” Intertextuality with Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock holmes crime theories How often have i said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? he Sign of Four There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact THE TIPE WAS STILL BETWERN HIS LIPS, The bascombe valley Mystery

Sherlock Holmes’ crime theories ‘'How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?' -The Sign of Four "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." -The Bascombe Valley Mystery

Knight's Resemblance to Moriarty He [moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order a criminal strain ran in his blood which instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers The final problem

Knight’s Resemblance to Moriarty 'He [Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime. He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order. A criminal strain ran in his blood, which instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers. -The Final Problem

Why Parody? Nearly all periods of artistic innovation have had a strong parodic impulse, advancing generic change. As the russian formalist boris eichenbaum once put it In the evolution of each genre there are times when its use for entirely serious or elevated objectives degenerates and produces a comic or parodic form.. And thus is produced the regeneration of the genre: it finds new possibilities and new forms No, not bloomsbury

‘Nearly all periods of artistic innovation have had a strong parodic impulse, advancing generic change. As the Russian formalist Boris Eichenbaum once put it: "In the evolution of each genre, there are times when its use for entirely serious or elevated objectives degenerates and produces a comic or parodic form....And thus is produced the regeneration of the genre: it finds new possibilities and new forms.’ -- No, not Bloomsbury Why Parody?

Detective Fiction as a genre Golden Age Agatha Early Works: Conan Christe Poe and oo小ee Collins

Detective Fiction as a genre