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Explain, how might Christie’s work be just as effective in showing us good characterization, with meaningful themes, and important (multi) cultural perspectives?

 Agatha Christie Over the course of several works throughout this semester, which is sub-titled “The Gothic, the Ghostly, and the Mysterious,” we have dealt with the high/pop culture discussion quite a bit, especially in relation to “the mysterious.” With works that contained a lot of Gothic elements, the items on the syllabus were by authors […]

Discuss the representation of male and female characters in crime fiction since 1920.

Representation of male and female characters Assignment question: Discuss the representation of male and female characters in crime fiction since 1920. Two texts to discuss / compare: Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express (1934) Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (2004) Secondary criticism / work: Around 3/4 secondary works for each text  

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