detective fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofdetectiveandfiction

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detective
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tɪv/us
/dɪˈtek.tɪv/
someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofdetectiveandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For this reason, first-person narrative is often used fordetectivefiction, so that the reader and narrator uncover the case together.
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As readers ofdetectivefiction, however, we are potentially much less prone to such existential and hermeneutic anxieties.
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With much gooddetectivefiction, of course, it is not necessary to understand the plot completely to enjoy the writing, characterization and narrative.
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Indeed, the question of evil has always been present as the key emplotment ofdetectivefiction.
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A hybrid of various strains within nineteenth-century fiction, the sensation genre reflects the influence of stage melodrama and prefigures crime anddetectivefiction.
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His judgment of the novel as a genre (anddetectivefictionby implication) too quickly repudiates its capacities for exposure, resistance, and transgression.
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They are the lies of the hope which lies at the core of the 'optimistic genre' ofdetectivefiction.
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We can see these developments indetectivefictionand detective technology as interconnected phenomena.
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Kristeva refers not to 'detectivefiction' (le roman policier) but to a particular form ofdetectivefiction, the polar.
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That deductive process simply will not do outsidedetectivefiction.
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Genres seen so far include soap opera, science fiction, costume drama anddetectivefiction.
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It will add little to her eminence in the field ofdetectivefiction.
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He created primarily mainstream adventure anddetectivefiction.
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It also often includes elements ofdetectivefictionand adventure stories.
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Second, this novel contains noticeably fewer elements ofdetectivefictionrelative to prior novels.
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Hellblazer mixes supernatural and real life horror, akin to contemporary gothic, with noire, surrealism and occultdetectivefictionelements.
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The plot is also characteristic ofdetectivefiction.
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She acquired renown mainly for her romance novels, but also wrotedetectivefiction, espionage fiction and adventure novels through which she reached a wide audience.
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He wrote historical novels and nonfiction in addition to mystery/detectivefiction.
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Gorodischer is author of two novels within the genre ofdetectivefiction.
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It blends science fiction and hardboileddetectivefiction.
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