Article

Name: Intergenre connections in a classical English detective (on the material of the novel by A.Christie Ten Little Niggers)

Authors: Galina A. Zavialova

Kemerovo State Agricultural Institute, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of interaction of elements of three genres in a classical English detective – detective novel, Gothic novel and Nursery Rhymes. The key element of influence on the reader is the precedent text – the rhyme «Ten Little Niggers» which is the structural basis of a plot, the script of perpetration of murders and a basis for creation of a game element.

Keywords: english classical detective, gothic novel, nursery rhymes, precedent text, game

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