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Exploring
Genre
Crime
Fiction
by Barbara Stanners
Each
title in this series of teacher resource books, intended for use
with students in middle and senior secondary years, starts with a
detailed definition of the genre, followed by an examination of a
wide range of texts with
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·background
information
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·information
about text and context
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ideas on genre conventions, representation of themes,
characters, style
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suggestions and strategies for dealing with the texts
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a
wide range of student activities to suit different year levels,
with emphasis on what is being said and how it is being said, with
questions
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response tasks
Exploring Genre is
an invaluable resource with in depth analysis and student exercises
to help students analyse, question, interpret and articulate their
understanding of the text.
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Crime Fiction –Contents |
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Genre |
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Defining Crime Fiction |
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Evolution of the Genre |
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Detective Story fundamentals |
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Typical Conventions and Motifs |
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19th Century |
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Edgar Allen Poe’s Detective stories |
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Sir Arthur Colon Doyle- Sherlock Holmes |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles-Conan
Doyle |
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The Shropshire Lad-Houseman |
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‘Cosy Fiction’ |
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Defining ‘Cosy’ Fiction |
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The Mousetrap
–Agatha Christie |
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Hard Boiled Crime Fiction/Film Noir |
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Defining Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction |
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The Big Sleep-Raymond
Chandler |
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Film Noir Conventions |
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Maltese Falcon – Radio Program |
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Noir Website |
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Mystery / Thriller |
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An Inspector Calls-
J.B. Priestley |
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Dial M for Murder-
Hitchcock |
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Chinatown-
R. Polanski |
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Contemporary Crime Fiction |
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Skull Beneath the Skin -
P.D.James |
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The Real Inspector Hound-
Tom Stoppard |
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Lamb to the Slaughter-Roald
Dahl |
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Feminist Crime Fiction |
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Writing Crime Fiction |
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Crime Fiction Online |
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