PPT-Mystery/Detective stories

Introduction of the detective Crime and clues Investigation Announcement of the solution Explanation of the solution Denouement Pattern of action in a detective story The victim The criminal. S. trategy That Works! . Jana Kirchner, Ph.D.. Asst. Professor, Teacher Education. Western Kentucky University . (Jana.kirchner@wku.edu). NCSS . Conference. November 21, 2014. What is it that fascinates us about mysteries?. Pattern of most mysteries. Peaceful state. : pre-crime, everything is normal in the character’s world. Usually does not last long.. Crime takes place. : This begins the conflict and rising action of your mystery. Historical and Cultural Text. Elements of a Mystery. A . crime. Variety of characters. Clues. Suspense and tension. Solution. DEFINITIONS TO LEARN. Sleuth. :. . k. “private . eye”/private investigator/detective investigating the . Murder on the Orient . E. xpress: Analysis Project. Pretenses. , noun; something false, or the act of pretending. Expenditure. , noun; something that is used up. Camorras. , noun; any similar group or society. awetzel. Detective Sanders was given another Mystery to solve. This time it took place in the Candy Shoppe.. The store owner, Mr. Sweets, claimed he had a total of 10 boxes of licorice in the storage room.. Edgar Allan Poe. Adapted from. http://www.worlds-best-detective-crime-and-murder-mystery-books.com/1841.html. And . Originator of the Form. Edgar Allan Poe was the undisputed "Father" of the Detective Story. . Summer 2017. The Silent Second. . An HR manager finds his purpose in life by . moonlighting as a private detective. Best viewed as a slide show . Table of Contents . (included to give the presentation more gravitas). THRILLERS. DEFINITIONS. MYSTERY. N. either reader nor protagonist (detective, amateur sleuth, etc.) know who the killer is. Goal is to find the bad guy.. Basically a puzzle waiting to be solved.. Crime has already been committed but heroine/hero, and reader, must figure out by whom.. Definition . Type of Narrative Fiction (made up story) often thought of as a detective story. Typically . involves a mysterious death . or some other . crime to be . solved. May also contain a puzzle to be solved. . Introduction of the detective. Crime and clues. Investigation. Announcement of the solution. Explanation of the solution. Denouement. Pattern of action in a detective story. The victim. The criminal. ,”. Tzvetan Todorov . Tzvetan Todorov discusses genre and then uses his discussion of genre to discuss literature and how genre creates literature. CLASSICAL PERIOD. PAST- NO GENRES ; NO VALUE . IF SO WITH ONLY A PENALISING TENDENCY. History of the mystery . The first true mystery stories were written by Edgar Allen Poe. This was a result of countries with a rule of law organizing professional police forces to solve crimes on the basis of fact. Poe introduced the first elements necessary for a mystery novel:. Sherlock Holmes. Detective Story. Poe . created the detective story. 1841 . Dupin. Brilliant. Solves by sheer mental powers. Eccentric. Prefers night to day. Burns candles. Elements of the . Conventional . 1 “The Mystery” The Mystery 2 Here is the first post of the “Revelation of the Mystery” Bible study series. “ The Revelation of the Mystery ”, what is it, is it Biblical, is it important? What God calls “The Revelation of the Mystery” in Holy scripture may be novel to some as Christendom generally speaking does not use that term. We will learn from the Bible