ENG236H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Police Procedural, Randomness, Private Investigator
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November 13, 2014: mankell stretching what"s worth representing beyond conventions of detective fiction, self-consciousness about his weight. Don"t see other detectives doing this: wonders if he brushes his teeth etc, police procedural novel, detective work is collaborative, at the end of the chapter: wallender looked around the room. Faceless killers (cont"d: detective whose work isnt private, hes not an amateur, hes not a private investigator who rents his services out, hes a public servant, police work in the novel is rooted in procedure. Leak: no indication of who leaked it, but sometimes we don"t know something and don"t go crazy trying to find out; what matters are the implications. Tries to gauge her perception of what normal height is. Essay: title needs to talk about your focus, use mla format, an appropriate title, mla: you don"t underline your title, but the name of a published work, history"s influence: progenitors in the underground man.
