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Considering her reputation for having a modernist and experimental writing style, it is noteworthy that Gertrude Stein wrote a detective novel, a popular genre which is usually characterized by its linear progression of plot and staple formulas. Yet, while Blood on the Dining-Room Floor has the traditional elements of a detective story, such as a dead body, a witness, and a detective, the text appropriates and twists the genre not only to engage readers to the case but also to locate them in the detective’s role. Unlike traditional detective stories, where readers passively follow the detective’s reasoning, Blood on the Dining-Room Floor neither has a detective with whom the reader can identify, nor one who solves the case. Useless information and unrelated events are mixed with clues, and, most of all, the murder mystery remains unsolved. Following the atypical investigation of Blood on the Dining-Room Floor, the paper aims to explain the ways in which the text exploits the genre of detective fiction and show the striking reading experiences of the reader. What this paper ultimately wants to suggest is that, through fragments of memories, untrustworthy information, and a distorted timeline, the reader puzzles out the pieces, performs the role of the detective, and experiences “uncertainty,” all of which engender multiple interpretations and stories.

목차

I. 들어가며
II. 전통적인 탐정 소설의 이성과 논리의 문법
III. 스타인의 다층적인 텍스트와 불확실한 세계
IV. 나가며
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저자

• 정지원 [ Jeewon Jung | 전남대학교 강사 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820