Detective novel

The detective novel is a form of Romance whose screen is consisted an police investigation or an investigation of private Détective. The abbreviation police (for detective novel ) is also used.

The police kind comprises six invariants: the crime or offense, the mobile, the culprit, the victim, procedure and the investigation.

It can be a Roman black, one will call then it whodunnit . If the action is transposed at least a century behind, one will be able to qualify it reasonably historical detective novel .

Categories of detective novels

The French term of detective novel is a generic term which by extension recovers many categories of novels. It is reducing diversity of the kind, and on this point, the English language is much more expressive.

One can distinguish:

the novel of mystery or enigma (Anglo-Saxon alternative: the Whodunit)
the novel of investigation (investigation being able to be carried out by a police officer, a private detective or other)
the Romance black
the Romance of burgling
the Romance with suspense
the Spy novel
the historical Detective novel
the thriller

Of course these various categories are not tight.

History of the detective novel

Collections

the Mask
Black nights (Belfond)
Police (Not)
Shores/Noir
Black series
Spécial suspense (Albin Michel)
Black Fleuve
Spécial Organizes
Jigal Polar
black sun
the Bolt
the Phantom
My detective novel

Literary prizes

Price of police literature in France

the Price of the Novel of Adventures
the Grand Prix of police literature
the Price Mystery of Criticism
the Price of the Quay of the Goldsmiths
the Trophy 813
the Price Whodunnit of the Cognac Festival
the Price of whodunnit the SNCF
the Price Blood of Ink

the Price Quays of the Whodunnit (since 2005 in Lyon within the framework of the festival Quays of the Whodunnit, literature, cinema, youth) cf www.quaisdupolar.com

Price of police literature abroad

the Price Edogawa with the Japan created by Edogawa Ranpo
the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (United Kingdom), decreed by the Crime writers' association with a novel written in English.
the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, decreed by the Crime writers' association with a foreign novel translated into English.

Reference books

Police of novel and laboratory, by Edmond Locard, Paris, 1924, Payot editor.
the “Detective Novell” and the influence of the scientific thought, by Governed Messac, Paris, 1929, Honore Champion editor; Geneva, 1975, Slatkine.
History and technique of the detective novel, by François Fosca, Paris, 1937, Gallimard.
Daydreams of a police officer amateur, by Alexandre Arnoux, Lyon (the Rhone), C. 1942, Lugdunum; Paris, 1954, Albin Michel.
Esthetic of the detective novel, by Thomas Narcejac, 1947, Portulan.
Of Arsene Lupin to San-Antonio, by Jean-Jacques Oil cake, Turns (Indre-et-Loire), 1970, MAME.
Mythology of the detective novel, by Francis Lacassin, Paris, 1974, 10/18 editor; New increased edition and update, Paris, 1993, Christian Bourgois editor.
Emile Gaboriau or birth of the detective novel, by Roger Bonniot, Paris, 1984, philosophical Bookstore J. Vrin.
the Detective novel, by Andre Vanoncini, Paris, 2003, university Presses of France, coll Which do I know?
Dictionary of the police literatures, by Claude Mesplède, 2004, Joseph K.
Dictionary of the detective novel, by Jean Tulard, Paris, 2005, Beech.

Reviews of reference

Modern times , n° 595, 1997, Romance black - No orchises for the T.M.
Movements , n° 15-16, be 2001, the Whodunnit - Between social criticism and disenchantment .

See too

List of authors of detective novels
: Category: Author of detective novel

List of hero of detective novels

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