ENG236H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arthur Conan Doyle, Narrative Structure, Locked-Room Mystery
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Sir arthur conan doyle (conan doyle go together: was knighted, huge literary success (compared to poe) Comparing poe vs doyle: narrative structure: how story is told, sequencing of events on page (vs in imagined real life) In real life, things happen from past forward and only happen once. In pl, the detective discovers a carefully plotted and diabolically brilliant conspiracy: impulsive, unthinking criminal vs genius criminal who has it all figured out, detective"s job is to figure it out. Goose is locked room: also an adventure story as implied by title, in first part of story, sherlock and watson are given case and presented with evidence, official person brings case to holmes. Presented with man"s hat: diff between watson"s ability to see hat and holmes". Watson: observation of material facts, almost medical/scientific in a way, sees what holmes sees, watson is a doctor; more flushed out than narrator in poe stories.
