La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ?
In today’s detective story, the dog is no longer the obedient animal, the mute assistant of its master which uses its smell as he uses his detective magnifier. The dog of the contemporary detective novel is no longer the police dog we saw in the films for young people in the fifties: it thinks, it c...
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| description | In today’s detective story, the dog is no longer the obedient animal, the mute assistant of its master which uses its smell as he uses his detective magnifier. The dog of the contemporary detective novel is no longer the police dog we saw in the films for young people in the fifties: it thinks, it communicates with its master, gives advice to him and comforts him. It is more and more distant from the animal and closer to humans. We will find this figure of the salutary dog more in where the plot is built and the character of the detective is at the front of the stage. In the noir novel with its somber atmosphere, the dog is no longer men’s friend. It is its victim or its executioner. It announces danger, disruption or death. It is a fierce, evil animal. Eventually, in all cases, it is nothing but its master’s voice, the mirror of mankind and society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bda5131cb81244b48b223e5ccc0943f82022-12-22T00:33:51ZengAssociation Portugaise d'Etudes FrançaisesCarnets1646-76982020-01-011810.4000/carnets.10825La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ?Pierre Michel PranvilleIn today’s detective story, the dog is no longer the obedient animal, the mute assistant of its master which uses its smell as he uses his detective magnifier. The dog of the contemporary detective novel is no longer the police dog we saw in the films for young people in the fifties: it thinks, it communicates with its master, gives advice to him and comforts him. It is more and more distant from the animal and closer to humans. We will find this figure of the salutary dog more in where the plot is built and the character of the detective is at the front of the stage. In the noir novel with its somber atmosphere, the dog is no longer men’s friend. It is its victim or its executioner. It announces danger, disruption or death. It is a fierce, evil animal. Eventually, in all cases, it is nothing but its master’s voice, the mirror of mankind and society.http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/10825detective storydogdetectivecompanionvictimexecutioner |
| spellingShingle | Pierre Michel Pranville La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ? Carnets detective story dog detective companion victim executioner |
| title | La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ? |
| title_full | La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ? |
| title_fullStr | La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ? |
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| title_short | La représentation du chien dans le roman policier francophone : compagnon, enquêteur, victime ou bourreau ? |
| title_sort | la representation du chien dans le roman policier francophone compagnon enqueteur victime ou bourreau |
| topic | detective story dog detective companion victim executioner |
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