ENG364Y5 Lecture 1: Oct 28.docx
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Genre fiction: detective stories, romance, science fiction. Golden age of detective stories: solved by stringing together information. 20th century and american, new kind of detective fiction. Detectives are almost always amateurs not police or attorneys. Nora"s fascination with the people who nick knows. Nora did not have any exposure to this world in the past, it is exciting for her. Hammett changed this you can be dead, but this does not mean that you were innocent. Discovery is inevitable you will leave behind something even if it is a skin cell or piece. Golden age , the actual body is not focused on makes it less gory of hair: cannot escape dna. Nick never lets nora have a voice silenced throughout the novel. Nora wants in, but nick does not agree with this. Nick interrupts her which shows that he believes his opinion is more important and that hers is unnecessary.
