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§B RA "The process of detection is more interesting than the…
§B RA "
The process of detection is more interesting than the characterisation
". TWEDYA?
method order and the little grey cells
clue-puzzle structure -- reader partaking in the detection
timetables, maps, objective lang, declarative sentences, to convey clues
ludic/escapist function
everything is contained in the details and can be solved with enough intelligence
Poirot's insistence on minor details such as turned out chair enable him to unravel mystery
"The Hercule Poirots ... need only to sit back in a chair and think." (Dumb Witness)
Lit of convalescence - crime is controllable by intelligence
at the end of the proc of det stands a restoration of order: criminal cannot act once unmasked (PR)
emotional distance
blunt's face a "mask"
plain writing style -- avoidance o f flamboyant imagery
stock characters from upper-middle class milieu
well-to do upper middle class businessman
spinster
Caroline as early version of Miss Marple
servants
reflect politically conservative class for whom Christie was writing
LoC avoid trauma
more pronounced than in EB's Trent's LC
-- elements of Kuenstlerroman... -
bc that was before war.
Poirot as a god-like figure
I mean to know, and i shall know -- in spite of you all. -- all knowing intelligence
actual mustachioied brain...... / cleanliness
increaasing secularisation in early C20th.
yes, present in Dupain
but only reaching a v. wide audience because of this soc ctx
hidden character flaws
each one of you has something to hide
examples
disruptive?
more pronounced in RC BS -- in fact the primary function -- "life as it is lived"
comforting -- reader superior to characters
Raskin wish-fulfilment function - identify with the vindictiveness of the detective?
satire
"teeth and chains and bones"
egg-shaped head
AO2S
Ao3
AO4