Co porabia detektyw w czasie wolnym?
What does a private eye do in their free time?

Author(s): Adam Regiewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: crime story; comparative; music; culinary;feminism;
Summary/Abstract: Crime novel is nowadays one of the most interesting stories about social and cultural phenomena. The greatest amount of information on these elements of reality, and at the same time the cultural identity, is conveyed in side plots, involving free time of the characters, mostly those leading investigations. Analysis of crime narrative from various national and cultural background (Polish, Italian, Spanish, French, Scandinavian and Russian) brings forth the differences in various manners of spending free time and therefore – practicing culture. Characters’ actions taken in their free time become an ideological element: of consent to or fight with the current rules of social life, the current customs. It can be seen that the manner of presenting the investigator’s free time affects the plot structure.

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