Original scientific paper
Sherlock Holmes, Van Helsing, James Bond And Jack The Ripper: Generic Strategies Of Contemporary Ukrainian Historical Mystery
Sofija Filonenko
; Berdyansk State Pedagogical University
Abstract
A notable feature of the Ukrainian popular fiction of the 2000s was the mastery of genre patterns of Western European and American literature, including historical mystery. This subgenre is extremely topical in foreign literature, associated with popular TV series. In Ukrainian literature, it is presented by detective series by Vladyslav Ivchenko, Bogdan Kolomiychuk, Andriy Kokotyukha, Lora Pidhirna and others. The genre makes it possible to highlight the lost pages of national history: Ukraine as part of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, the Liberation Struggle of 1917–1921, being part of the USSR; as well as to draw parallels with modernity, to address the postoconial issues and Europeanization. The authors are experimenting with the mystery formulas, synthesizing it with Gothic stories, spy narratives, noirs and thrillers about a maniac that match the strategies of adventure metagenre.
Keywords
historical mystery; genre; genre strategy; gothic; spy story; thriller about a maniac
Hrčak ID:
270871
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2021.
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