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LCB322: Introduction to Literature Assignment

   

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INTRODUCTION TO LITERATUREIntroduction to LiteratureStudent NameCourse Code

1INTRODUCTION TO LITERATUREIdea and Literary TheoriesThe following story is based on the world famous work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whichis the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The TV series SHERLOCK is the modernized version ofthe famous fictional character that lives in London and is a high functioning sociopath whoworks as a detective to avoid getting bored and to fight his problem of drug and substance abuse.The following story is based on the same base but the setting has changed and modernized andbelongs to a different time frame. In the previous version Sherlock lived in 225 Baker Street,London with his partner and flat mate Dr. John Watson who is a retired army personnel and thestory is set to be written in the late 1880s. But in the following story the main character SherlockHolmes lives in the city of New York and is accompanied by his partner who is a female namedDr. Watson. Dr. Watson was a surgeon who once lost a patient due to her mistake which costedher license to practice medicine and surgery. She thinks that being with Sherlock will give herthe chance to help people. She also monitors and keeps a check on the addictive habits ofSherlock which is one of the reasons why Sherlock’s rich father has asked her to be with him.Moreover, Sherlock finds Dr. Watson’s medical background helpful in finding out the forensicdetails at the scene of the crime which adds up to his accuracy to solve crimes. The story of Sherlock which is an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes and the followingstory is a fan fiction in which the city in which the main character lived has been changed fromLondon to New York. Fan Fiction stories have new storyline, characters and new plots whichincreases the scope of the main character or the entire story (Barry, 2017). In this fan fictionSherlock is a drug addict and is sent by his rich father from London to New York due to hisinfamous record in solving crimes in association with the Scotland Yard. In the original versionof Sherlock, he is not attached to the suspects and criminals on an emotional level and does not

2INTRODUCTION TO LITERATUREappeal to the humanity of the criminals but in the following story Sherlock has to manipulate theprime suspect’s feelings in order to get the real criminal. This story is an experimental fictionbased on the real fiction to upgrade the timeline at which the real character existed which hasgiven a new dimension to the story (Bertens, 2017). Since the following story is based in NewYork Sherlock has to depend on the local police to know the places of a new city. Moreover, inthis experimental fiction Sherlock is accompanied by a female partner rather than male, retiredmilitary manas it was written in the original text. Generally fan fictions are written to change theoutcome of the original story or to add a new character or they are based on different fan a theorywho likes to make their own versions of the original story (Burroway, 2007). The following storyis partly a fan fiction. Another literature theory which has been incorporated in the following story isadaptation. There a number of ways in which a literary work may be adapted. It can be done tomake a film, a documentary or to write a short story in the same genre or another genre whichhas been done in the following story (Grenville, 1990). It is a real adaptation in the same genre offiction writing and since it has been taken from the TV series Sherlock it is said to be anadaptation. This story is also a contradiction to the theory of adaptation as movies are made fromthe original text but in this scenario a story has been written based on a TV series. In anyadaptation like the following story, the characters, concept, story and action play a major rolewhich has been justified (Heise, 2017).The next literature theory which is concerning the following story is that of readerresponse criticism. This theory of literature is about the reader which may be an audience incontext of plays and their experience of reading the story (Schilling, 2017). As any work ofliterature is written keeping the readers in mind it becomes the most important aspect of

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