Author(s)

Zhang Yuhao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210003, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Yuhao

ABSTRACT

Agatha Christie is a world-renowned detective novelist. The reason why she has gained such a high reputation is not only her ingenious description of the plot and unexpected ending, but also her bold and innovative narrative techniques. The narrative construction of detective stories is more complex than the general narrative text, but in terms of its internal structure, it only uses a series of means in the narrative perspective, narrative time and narrative subject, creating a strange effect. Murder on the Orient Express adopts a novel and unique structure, pays attention to detail description, and the plot is closely linked, so it can be studied to a certain extent.

KEYWORDS

Agatha christie, Murder on the orient express, Narrative perspective, Narrative time, Narrative subject

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Yuhao. The Narrative Construction of Agatha Christie's Detective Novels--Take Murder on the Orient Express as an example. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2021) 5: 24-27. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2021.58006

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[2] Christie, A. 1934. Murder on the Orient Express[M]. London: Happer Collins.
[3] Leech, G. N. and Short, M.H. 1983. Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose[M]. New York: Longman Inc.
[4] Rimmon Kenan, S. 2002. Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics[M]. London: Routledge.

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