English 1027F/G Lecture Notes - Chiasmus, Reason
23 Feb 2014
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Ratiocination: reasoning detective ction didn"t happen - one of the rst of its kind. Setting in a genre of ction (detective ction) Mystery to be solved (exposed to a problem) Gure of authority that cant solve the problem (police of cer) Reader is trying to solve the mystery with the detective. Clues are being dropped in the story that only become important when the solution is exposed. Always a crime- mystery is there because someone has done something wrong. Reminder that evil is out there and moral order needs to be restored. The crime is solved - justice restored. Emphasis on the psychology of the criminal. Theres never a complete change is society. Theres still crime but theres one less criminal in the world. Scienti c knowledge is the only knowledge that really matters. These two can work together to create maximum knowledge mirroring technique. Solves his crimes by reducing human emotions or psychology to material data.
