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Research Paper Directions for Detective Fiction/Film Genre

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This article provides directions for writing a research paper on a specific academic subtopic within the detective fiction/film genre. It includes suggestions for general and specific perspectives, collecting sources, composing a proposal paper, and evaluating the final product.

Research Paper Directions for Detective Fiction/Film Genre

Added on 2019-09-20

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English 102/Hurley/The DetectiveRESEARCH PAPER DIRECTIONSYour research paper will explore—using academic research--a specific academic subtopic within the detective fiction/film genre. You will write a well-developed, argumentative, evaluative, research paper of 10-12 pages (not including works cited,title, and notes).You may begin with a general perspective:Detective Types: The Amateur Detective, the Private Investigator, the PoliceHistorical Perspective: Formative Years (1840s –WWI): From Poe to Conan DoyleThe British Puzzle (heyday between WWI and WWII): Queens of Crime (Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, etc.)The Hard-Boiled Sleuth (between WWI and WWII and beyond): Hammett, Chandler, Spillane, Black Mask Magazine, etc. New Directions (1980s +):Feminization of the Private InvestigatorFrom PI to Police officerGlobalization of the PIEmphasis on the criminal worldThe Detective in Film: Film Noir, British Whodunits, Police Procedurals, etc.Or you may start with a more specific perspective: Detectives and moral orderDetectives and the continuation of evilHow ethnicity affects detective genre conventionsThe influence of film on detective literatureIssues of class, gender, and race within the detective genreThe evolution of film noir and the detective storyHistorical perspective on the private detectiveWar and the private detectiveSexism/racism within the genreThe counter-culture private detectiveDon’t feel compelled to choose a perspective from these lists. You are free to come up with your own topic. Understand, however, that whatever topic you choose, the essay must offer a compelling argument on the topic—not just a summary of information. Your paper should be thesis driven and should offer something new about the topic. Working it out:

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