The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Analysis
Second “Arbeidskrav”
Eng-2118, British and American Crime Novel
Anastasia Puzyreva
Question № 2.
One of the distinguishing marks of all crime fiction is its emphasis on a sense of “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. Using a specific example from one of the texts on our reading list agree or disagree with this statement.
1. Introduction
«One of the distinguishing marks of all crime fiction is its emphasis on a sense of “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. »
The aim of this work is to identify whether the sentence above is true or not. It would be pretty hard to agree or disagree with this phrase without referring to any book, written in this genre. However, not every crime novel can be chosen for this purpose. For example, nowadays not every detective story, written among popular press can be worth paying attention at. Thus, it would be more secure to refer to more proper crime fiction book.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a hardboiled crime novel, which is included in "TIME 's List of the 100 Best Novels."[1] Moreover, it has an honorable place in several other lists of top 100 books. Such figures speak for themselves. Therefore, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler will be used in this work as an example of crime fiction novels.
In the main body of the work attention will be paid to “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. Each of these terms will be defined and studied. In case if those distinguishing marks are in The Big Sleep, examples will be given. In the conclusion of work everything will be summed up and the agreement (or disagreement) with the statement will be given along with the feedback.
2. Main body
1. Sense of “atmosphere”
The sense of atmosphere has a great role almost in every book. It helps reader to make own expectations of the plot. For example, the description of General Sternwood’s Mansion in The Big Sleep makes the reader think that there must be some mysteries
Eng-2118, British and American Crime Novel
Anastasia Puzyreva
Question № 2.
One of the distinguishing marks of all crime fiction is its emphasis on a sense of “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. Using a specific example from one of the texts on our reading list agree or disagree with this statement.
1. Introduction
«One of the distinguishing marks of all crime fiction is its emphasis on a sense of “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. »
The aim of this work is to identify whether the sentence above is true or not. It would be pretty hard to agree or disagree with this phrase without referring to any book, written in this genre. However, not every crime novel can be chosen for this purpose. For example, nowadays not every detective story, written among popular press can be worth paying attention at. Thus, it would be more secure to refer to more proper crime fiction book.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a hardboiled crime novel, which is included in "TIME 's List of the 100 Best Novels."[1] Moreover, it has an honorable place in several other lists of top 100 books. Such figures speak for themselves. Therefore, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler will be used in this work as an example of crime fiction novels.
In the main body of the work attention will be paid to “atmosphere”, “decorum”, and “verisimilitude”. Each of these terms will be defined and studied. In case if those distinguishing marks are in The Big Sleep, examples will be given. In the conclusion of work everything will be summed up and the agreement (or disagreement) with the statement will be given along with the feedback.
2. Main body
1. Sense of “atmosphere”
The sense of atmosphere has a great role almost in every book. It helps reader to make own expectations of the plot. For example, the description of General Sternwood’s Mansion in The Big Sleep makes the reader think that there must be some mysteries
Bibliography: Chandler, Raymond, The big sleep and other novels; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2000 Web sites