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Walter Mosley novel \

Author: ZhangYongGang
Tutor: JiaoXiaoZuo
School: Henan University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Walter Mosley Blue devil Narrative Feature
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

In this paper, narrative theory as the support from the traditional detective fiction, narrative language and narrative context analyzes three aspects of contemporary black American novelist Walter Mosley boiled detective fiction masterpiece - \European and American detective fiction from the beginning of this until now has gone through 160 years of history. From the early classical detective story to the late 1920s, the rise of boiled detective fiction, and then emerged after World War II, many new breed of detective fiction, detective novels during which both form and content has undergone many changes. However, as a popular fiction, detective fiction has a certain need to follow the tradition of the convention, the first part of this narrative tradition of detective fiction from starting, respectively, from the novel background setting, detective image building, story mode, crime investigation methods and investigator assistant image of the other aspects to interpret \Narrative language refers to the Chinese narrative language used. In the second part separately from the narrative in writing, grammar, semantic point of view of the Mosley \Level in the writing, the author uses a black dialect and idiolect two means; at the syntax level, the author mainly uses the individual words repeated reproducible manner to achieve devious purposes; semantic level, the authors used several commonly used rhetorical such as simile, metaphor, irony, symbolism way to achieve the purpose of the semantic deviation. Deviation technique used, that the novel is not only reflected in the language of words to express the unique charm of blacks, but also highlights the work on race, identity and other topics. \This narrative context starting from the third part, the specific manner in the narrative and narrative point of view analysis of both this work. In narrative terms, Mosley is not only used a lot of description and dialogue to show the works of the many personalities and the times and social background, the text also reveals a certain number of characters features or tips about sexual topics overview and comment. Author of the novel display and skilful narrative about two kinds of transformation, not only to the reader constructs late 1940s the real context of racial discrimination in Los Angeles ghetto - Edwards, but also makes the work of many characters fleshed out. Narrative point of view, the Mosley does not use first-person narrative in the common narrative self-driven way, but experience with self-directed narrative, the use of the first person retrospective narrative technique, experience self-dominant content approach allows the reader to go with an experienced detective detective process, greatly enhancing the reader's participation; hand through the focal point of the experience between self and self-narrative constantly cross conversion to generate suspense, giving the reader dedicated to a full suspense detective fiction art feast. As popular culture in contemporary society awareness on changing people's attitude towards cultural studies also will change, for many years of detective novels such best-selling works of popular literature, we should also be reported to their attention they deserve. The analysis of other classic literature commonly used methods, such as narrative theory, it should be applied on the detective novels of the study, which will not only help to deepen people's so-called \also for other popular literature researchers provide useful methods for reference.

Walter Mosley novel \

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