EINE ERMITTLUNG OHNE MOPS IST MÖGLICH, ABER SINNLOS. MENSCH-TIER-BEZIEHUNGEN ALS AUSLÖSER VON UNSICHERHEIT UND ENTKONVENTIONALISIERUNG IM KRIMINALROMAN
AN INVESTIGATION WITHOUT A PUG IS POSSIBLE, BUT POINTLESS. HUMAN-ANIMAL- RELATIONS AS SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY AND DECONVENTIONALIZATION IN CRIME FICTION

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the transformation of the well-known detective-companion-dyad in crime fiction by analyzing the series of books Ein Fall für Commissaire Leclerc. The evidence suggests that the interspecific dialogue between detective Albin Leclerc and his pug dog, Tyson, as well as the interplay of strategies of anthropomorphism and dehumanization of the characters, are deconstructing formerly clear boundaries of the genre. By the repeated production of uncertainties, the novels create an aesthetics of the ‘in between’ with which the readers are constantly confronted.

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