A Critical Study on Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels —From the Angles of Narrative Techniques and Structure.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE  2010年毕业论文 A Critical Study on Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels —From the Angles of Narrative Techniques and Structure 第  PAGE 1 页 共  NUMPAGES 17 页 从叙事技巧和结构角度分析阿加莎的侦探小说 A Critical Study on Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels —From the Angles of Narrative Techniques and Structure Abstract: Millions of people all over the world like to read Agatha Christie’s detective novels as she did great contribution in improving detective fiction and made a significant success in this field. In short, Agatha Christie’s detective novels not only show us the perfect combination of sense and sensibility, but also the perfect combination of literariness and popularity. In essence, as a form of popular fiction, detective fiction also involves the basic fiction elements—plot, point of view, character, setting, style, theme, and symbol. So the glamour of her detective novels will be discussed from the angles of narrative techniques centering on narrative viewpoint and characters and structure centering on plot arrangement and setting by text analysis to identify where the literary value and special glamour of Agatha Christie’s detective novels lies. Key words: Agatha Christie；detective fiction；narrative techniques；structure 摘　要：阿加莎·克里斯蒂在侦探小说这一领域取得了举世瞩目的成就，由其全球不可计数的读者可见一斑。她的小说不仅体现了理性与感性的完美结合，同时还有文学性与大众性的绝妙诠释。就通俗小说而言，其研究的基本要素包含情节，视角，人物，背景，风格，主题和象征等。因此通过对阿加莎·克里斯蒂的侦探小说进行文本分析，试图从叙事技巧和结构角度探讨阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探小说文学价值及其魅力所在。 关键词：阿加莎·克里斯蒂；侦探小说；叙事技巧；结构 Contents An Introduction to Detective Fiction……1 The origin of detective fiction……………………………………….1 The characteristics of detective fiction………………………………1 A Brief Introduction to Agatha Christie…………………………...2 The Glamour of Agatha Christie’s Detective Novels……………...3 Viewpoint………………………………………………………….3 Narrative viewpoint—narrator…………………………………3 Narrative viewpoint—narrators in Agatha Christie’s detective novels………………………………………………………….4 Characters…………………………………………………………5 Murderers