History of Mystery. First true English detective author Wilkie Collins.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
English Jeopardy Jennifer Otto English Word Fun Parts of letter Authors/ Characters More Literary Terms
Advertisements

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Listen to a quiz about these three writers and answer as quickly as possible. Who wrote the first detective story? What’s the name of Agatha Chritie’s.
In this chapter, you will use clues to solve problems and you will learn to argue and justify your alibis. Then, you will play the role of a detective.
 Agatha Christie ( )  William Shakespeare ( )
Mystery and Suspense Notes Mrs. Kinney.
Just Follow the Clues ! How Will You Find Your Way ?
Famous Fiction Magazines Arthur M. Fried Popular Fiction.
Background Information
Popular Fiction History of Science Fiction. Early Science Fiction H. G. Wells Hugo Gernsback and Amazing Stories Pulp SF John W. Campbell Jr. and the.
About Edgar Allan Poe - Born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts - He was orphaned when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family.
 The daughter of an American father and a British mother, Agatha Miller was born at Torquay in the United Kingdom on September 15, Her family was.
 Father of the Mystery/Crime story: › Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote “ The Murders of the Rue Morgue” in 1841 › First Detective: Auguste C. Dupin.
Agatha Christie was born on September 15,1890 in the English city Torquay. Agatha didn’t go to school. Her mother was engaged in teaching.
Mystery Mystery and crime stories are among the most popular forms of fiction today.
A Brief Biography.  mystery  One of the most prolific and admired mystery writers of the 1900s. Dame  In 1971, she was named Dame of the British Empire.
Agatha Christie.
The History of the Detective Story from Poe to modern-day television…
Edgar Allen Poe and the First Detective Story. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” 1841 Graham’s Magazine Recognized as the first modern detective story Tale.
Just Follow the Clues ! How Will You Find Your Way ?
The History of Mystery From Edgar Allen Poe ToGoosebumps.
Mystery Genre. What is Mystery? A Problem To Solve Who did it? What is it? How did it happen?
Literature, April 1, G. K. Chesterton ( ) ► Defended Christian orthodoxy ► Anglican  Catholic ► “Distributism” ► One of Britain’s.
Literature Genres.
Detective Fiction Where did it come from and how is it done?
The Mystery of “Mystery”. Types of mystery Detective- Edgar Allan Poe Auguste Dupin -Ellery Queen, Miss Marple, Perry Mason -amateur detectives.
History of the Detective Genre 1841-Present. Edgar Allan Poe 1841: Murders in the Rue Morgue – First locked room mystery – First fictional detective –
Ms. Azeff. A YOUNG, AMERICAN GENRE Why mystery? “It’s elementary, my dear Watson!” Highlights observation and logic skills Detectives present theories.
Edgar Allan Poe American Writer Tortured genius Tortured genius master of horror master of horror father of the detective story father of the.
Genre Genre is the type or category of a book, such as mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy and more. Where do you see Genre? – Books – Music.
Forensic Science as Entertainment. The Beginning… Crime stories in literature 1. The Bible and the Apocrypha both contain non-fiction stories of crimes.
TYPICAL DETECTIVE STORIES. ELEMENTS Hero: Main character/eccentric detective, who often prefers privacy and wants to separate self from rest of human.
The History of the Mystery. What is a Mystery? According to Webster’s Dictionary, a mystery is any event that remains so secret or obscure as to excite.
Literature can be divided into 2 groups:
WHO WHICH WHERE WHO Agatha Christie was born on September 15th, 1890.
 Mystery stories as we know them began in the mid- 1800s.  Edgar Allen Poe introduced mystery’s first detective in his story “The Murders in the Rue.
Just Follow the Clues ! How Will You Find Your Way ?
The History of Mystery. What is a MYSTERY? 1.What do you think makes a good mystery? 2.When you think about mysteries, what comes to mind? 3.What is your.
Classification Notes Mystery & Suspense.
Just Follow the Clues ! How Will You Find Your Way ?
Elementary, my dear Watson All the characters are introduced in the first two chapters All the characters are introduced in the first two chapters The.
The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Mystery Genre.
The UK 2 Round The UK 2 Round Holidays Food Interesting.
THE FAMOUS. FAMOUS PEOPLE WHAT ARE THEY? MARK TWAIN Mark Twain is a famous American writer.
British writers. William Shakespeare Shakespeare is Britain’s greatest playwright. He was born in Stratford-on-Avon. Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Born May 22May 22, 1859( ) Edinburgh, Scotland1859 Edinburgh, Scotland Died July 7July 7, 1930 (aged 71)1930 Occupation.
Detective Fiction.
Adventures in Storytelling: Mystery Michele Leininger, State Library of Iowa Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Library Services.
THE DETECTIVE STORY Unit Today’s Agenda DOL Unit 2 handout The history of the detective story The Narrator’s Voice.
THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN WRITERS.
Agatha Christie The queen of crime Agatha Christie ( ) was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller in Devon, England in 1890, the youngest of three children.
Detective novels. Late 1900-century and early 2000-century Classical detective novel Hardboiled crime novel.
My future profession Is… investigator The presentation was prepared 11th grade pupil Victoria Zrivets The presentation was prepared 11th grade pupil Victoria.
Agatha Christie The Queen of Crime.
Unit 2 Day 6 Coach Lesson 8.
Mystery Unit.
Module 2a Created by teacher of English Burova K.M.
AGP Challenge: Language Arts
Brainstorm Activities Each student should write two examples from stories they’ve read, movies or television for each term below and share these with the.
Module 2a Form 7 “Spotlight”
Warm Up Please complete the Mystery Vocabulary assignment
Marija Grulović 7/1 Ognjen Bojanić
Short Stories. Warm Up: Make a list of all the elements an author must include to write a good Scary story.
AGATHA CHRITIES Category: detective Occupation: Writer AGATHA CHRITIES.
Detective Fiction.
Sherlock Holmes.
Unit:11 Lesson:1 Stories.
Learning Objectives To understand the basic rules of crime fiction.
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Famous British people”
Presentation transcript:

History of Mystery

First true English detective author Wilkie Collins

The first woman to write a detective novel Anna Katherine Green

The father of the American mystery story Edgar Allen Poe

The name of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous detective Auguste Dupin

Era of Sherlock Holmes 1870s-1900s

Dashielle Hammet’s fictional detective Sam Spade

The creator of Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane

Gardner’s main detective Perry Mason

Agatha Christie’s quirky detective Hercule Piorot

The Big Three Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, and Ellery Queen

The most famous detective Pulp magazine was The Black Mask

The “Golden Age” of mystery

Sam Spade was immortalized in a 1941 film named The Maltese Falcon

Popular mystery radio program of the 40s The Adventures of Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen’s fictional detective was Ellery Queen

The popular mystery game Clue

Two popular children’s mysteries Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Boxcar Children

The most successful police procedural writer was Ed McBain

Feedback: Privacy Policy Feedback
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
About project: SlidePlayer Terms of Service

© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc. All rights reserved.