ANACHRONY IN THE DETECTION GENRE (BY THE MATERIALS OF CLASSICAL DETECTION PROSE)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18372/2520-6818.27.7937Keywords:
detective, narrative, anachrony, analepsis, prolepsisAbstract
The problem of anachrony in the narratives is investigated in tne article.The conception of narratology classic Gerard Genette, introduced in his treatise"Narrative Discourse", serves as the methodology basis of our study. Texts ofclassical whodunit - Edgar Poe, Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, Arthur ConanDoyle - are the object of our analysis. The investigation has revealed the dualnature of the detection genre in the temporal aspect.References
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