On the Scale of Grey in Brazilian Crime Fiction
In this essay, the intention is to map the plurality of crime writing —that is detective, mystery or crime fiction— which has appeared in Brazil over the last quarter of a century. Working from reflections which have already been published as well as specific reading choices, a “biased” corpus of re...
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| description | In this essay, the intention is to map the plurality of crime writing —that is detective, mystery or crime fiction— which has appeared in Brazil over the last quarter of a century. Working from reflections which have already been published as well as specific reading choices, a “biased” corpus of reference has been established. It incorporates the spectrum of this unique grisaille fiction, with regard to the conventional parameters of the genre, in both the more orthodox works and the more unorthodox works, favouring those that examine the issues of human social concerns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6b6596dd08547eebd09fda26e6b1b0a2022-12-22T01:30:05ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaAbriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal2014-85262014-85342014-10-0103294910.1344/abriu2014.3.210202On the Scale of Grey in Brazilian Crime FictionAlva Martínez Teixeiro0Carlos Paulo Martínez Pereiro1Universidade de LisboaUniversidade da CoruñaIn this essay, the intention is to map the plurality of crime writing —that is detective, mystery or crime fiction— which has appeared in Brazil over the last quarter of a century. Working from reflections which have already been published as well as specific reading choices, a “biased” corpus of reference has been established. It incorporates the spectrum of this unique grisaille fiction, with regard to the conventional parameters of the genre, in both the more orthodox works and the more unorthodox works, favouring those that examine the issues of human social concerns.http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/Abriu/article/view/10932crime fictionhardboileddetective fictioncontemporary Brazilian literature |
| spellingShingle | Alva Martínez Teixeiro Carlos Paulo Martínez Pereiro On the Scale of Grey in Brazilian Crime Fiction Abriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal crime fiction hardboiled detective fiction contemporary Brazilian literature |
| title | On the Scale of Grey in Brazilian Crime Fiction |
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