1. Detective Fiction

2. This literature became popular in England around 1790.
Detective Fiction
This literature became popular in England around 1790.

3. Most historians cite Poe as the father of the detective genre.
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
“The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1842)
“The Purloined Letter” (1844)

4. Poe coined the term ratiocination, which means to calculate or methodical, logical reasoning.

5. “Where was the detective story until Poe breathed life into it
“Where was the detective story until Poe breathed life into it?”—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“It’s because I liked Poe’s stories to much that I began to make suspense films.”—Alfred Hitchcock

6. Poe invented the story in which the private outsmarts the professional.

7. Dupin vs. Prefect of Police
intuition science
imagination no imagination
poetic mathematical

8. 1850s and 60s Melodramatic novels (sensational novels)
Best Author —Wilkie Collins wrote The Woman in White.

9. Late 1800s—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author of Sherlock Holmes stories
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Studied to be an optometrist but his practice never thrived
Married in 1885 and began writing, which enabled him to leave medicine

10. Young Arthur Conan Doyle and family on world tour

11. ACD’s house

12. Famous scandal: famous photography of “fairies” in the local newspaper—proved to be a hoax
ACD believed the story; he believed in the supernatural. Known as a supernaturalist.

13. An Interview with ACD

14. Writing Career: wrote drama, historical romance, and essays
published 56 short stories and 4 novels

15. Writing Career Admired… First Novel: A Study in Scarlet
Poe’s detective fiction
Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure stories
First Novel: A Study in Scarlet
Established 221B Baker Street
Not well received by the British public, but instantly loved by the Americans

16. Advocate of Many Causes
issued steel helmets and inflatable life jackets to sailors during WWI
Introduced Court of Criminal Appeal
volunteer physician in the Boer War

17. Writing Career Greatest achievement was Sherlock Holmes
Knighted in 1902
Greatest achievement was Sherlock Holmes

18. STEEL TRUE. BLADE STRAIGHT. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. KNIGHT
STEEL TRUE BLADE STRAIGHT ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE KNIGHT PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN &
MAN OF LETTERS

19. 1920-1945 The “Golden Age” of mystery
Greatest mystery writer= Agatha Christie

20. Trademarks of Detective Fiction:
A detective is driven by a desire to see justice fulfilled!
3 Key Types of Detectives:
Private detectives
Police detectives
Dabblers in detective investigations

21. Trademarks of Detective Fiction:
Sidekick=often serves as a foil to the detective
Crime= various types

22. A detective is challenged to answer the following:
Who done it?
How was it done?
Why was it done?
What was done?