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Aesthetics: Genre Conventions Detective fiction

Parent Term

  • Genre Conventions

Sibling Terms

  • Comedy
  • Ghost story
  • Gothic
  • Horror story
  • Melodrama
  • Minstrelsy
  • Mystery
  • Parable
  • Parody
  • Romance / Romanticism
  • Tall tale
  • War story

Tagged Events

"Hand upon the Waters", 84 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
"Smoke", 4 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Animal abuse
Themes and Motifs: Community›Taboos | Death›Ambiguous circumstances
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Intruder in the Dust, 219 (Event)
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Mystery | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction