Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
Crime wave after WWI. A renewed interest in crime fiction. A general tiredness
with high intellectual demands of high modernism.
Quest for 'fair play'. Detective story-traditional, one dimensional, rules that imply 'fair play'. A
general tendency of returning to realism, rules, structure. 'fair play' dominates the iction of
1930s-1950s.
Graham Greene (1904-1991). Journalist, wide travel. 'I have to travel because i have to see
the scene". 50 books recording the scenes. Own fictional world-greeneland. Dark, wretched,
squalid. A world of failures-professional, social, marital. Criminals or about to commit a crime.
Murder, betrayal, theft, death. Nb! Characters are forced to these by circumstances. Men lost in
despair.
Existentsialism-general problem of existence. Always a subject of literature. Entered the realm
of philosophy. A merging of philosophy and literature. Albert camus, jean paul sartre-ideas
through fiction. Iris Murdoch-philosopher by education
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