The synthesis of gothic and detective in Dickens novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2020. Volume 5. No. 3. pp. 217-221.
Authors
Gadieva G. I.*
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
*E-mail: kochfy@mail.ru
Abstract
This article analyzes the interaction of gothic and detective motives in Dickens novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drod”. Comparison is carried out in the genre’s signs: space, the system of characters, story courses, elements of the supernatural and time.
Keywords
- gothic prose
- detective story
- gothic detective
- Dickens
- the English literature