NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND AUGUSTE DUPIN IN A CROSSOVER FANFICTION PARACOSM

Abstract

Narrative technique refers to writers' methods and devices used to tell their stories. Understanding writers' processes and devices to convey their stories is crucial for analyzing and appreciating the arts. However, studying narrative techniques can be complex and requires close attention to detail. This study aims to explain what narrative techniques applied in the crossover fanfiction of Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin to investigate how the narrative form generates impacts on losses and gains of the characterization of Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin in references to their canons and to reveal why the characterization of Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin in the crossover fanfiction are different from their canon. This research uses qualitative methods because the data are in the form of text taken from crossover fanfiction Paracosm (2016) by BiancaAparo. The data are analyzed using Gerald Genette’s narrative techniques. The result of this study showed that the dominant data of narrative techniques applied in Paracosm is narrative mood, which loses their characterization. Narrative mood relates to the position or position of the author, narrator, and characters in a story. That is why the narrative mood is mainly found along with the research objects, the main characters in this fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes and Auguste Dupin. It shows that the two characters have an impact, causing losses of their characteristic. Yet, that does not prevent any gain of the characteristic based on the characters in the original work. Thus, fanfiction can be different from the canon because it is written by different author with different biographical and social elements.