Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels
Abeer Abdel-Razzak Ibrahim;
Abstract
Summary
There are two types of novels containing detectives, suspects, crime, and punishment. One of them is the traditional detective novel, and the other is the crime novel. The traditional detective nove1 is distinguished by the fact that its events are related to the upper classes, where the action takes place in grand mansions and country houses, and the suspects are polite and affluent. The events of the crime novel happen usually among lower classes and gangsters, and to be able to find the criminal, the detective associates with low-life criminals and sordid individuals and gangs.
Agatha Christie did not write any crime novels. She excelled in writing the traditional detective novel. Characters are usually affluent people and their servants, and they are gathered in a closed setting characterized by a degree of affluence. Even in her novels in transit or in foreign countries, characters of the novels are grouped in places made for the residence of Europeans, away from Arabs and natives.
Agatha Christie is one of the most popular writers of all times. She achieved this popularity partly by banishing the sordid side of life. In her novels, characters live in a dream world of riches, leisure and a happy environment.
Yet, portraying a dream world by itself does not make a novel attractive. Agatha Christie's technique is superb. Her novel presents a number of suspects cooped up in a closed space, and although all action happens, sometimes, in that narrow space, the reader never feels bored. Christie is an expert in providing diversions and diversity
There are two types of novels containing detectives, suspects, crime, and punishment. One of them is the traditional detective novel, and the other is the crime novel. The traditional detective nove1 is distinguished by the fact that its events are related to the upper classes, where the action takes place in grand mansions and country houses, and the suspects are polite and affluent. The events of the crime novel happen usually among lower classes and gangsters, and to be able to find the criminal, the detective associates with low-life criminals and sordid individuals and gangs.
Agatha Christie did not write any crime novels. She excelled in writing the traditional detective novel. Characters are usually affluent people and their servants, and they are gathered in a closed setting characterized by a degree of affluence. Even in her novels in transit or in foreign countries, characters of the novels are grouped in places made for the residence of Europeans, away from Arabs and natives.
Agatha Christie is one of the most popular writers of all times. She achieved this popularity partly by banishing the sordid side of life. In her novels, characters live in a dream world of riches, leisure and a happy environment.
Yet, portraying a dream world by itself does not make a novel attractive. Agatha Christie's technique is superb. Her novel presents a number of suspects cooped up in a closed space, and although all action happens, sometimes, in that narrow space, the reader never feels bored. Christie is an expert in providing diversions and diversity
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| Title | Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels | Other Titles | الروايات البوليسيه لاجاثا كريستى | Authors | Abeer Abdel-Razzak Ibrahim | Issue Date | 2002 |
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