Авторская стратегия детективных романов Г. Флинн (на материале романа «Острые предметы»)

Abstract

This article is devoted to the analysis of the author’s strategy in the novel “Sharp Objects” by the foremost modern American writer G. Flynn, who renews the tradition of the American detective. The aim of the article is to reveal the specifics of the author’s strategy in the novel. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time the suspenseful detective novel “Sharp Objects” is comprehended in the stated aspect. As a result, we have established the following: firstly, “Sharp Objects” is composed by the model of a detective novel with its canonical features (hero-investigator, criminal, victims). Secondly, the writer modifies the model through a number of techniques that eventually form her author’s strategy: she deconstructs gender roles (women turn out to be criminals, the heroine-investigator finds herself in the position of a victim); transforms the fairy tale narrative (the relationship between a mother and a daughter repeats the plot collision of the fairy tale “Rapunzel” by the Brothers Grimm); the theme of physical and psychological violence comes to the fore; Freudian motifs play a key role in depicting family relationships, the image of the main character and plot development.