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Den svenska deckarens sociala engagemang exemplifierat i Stieg Larssons Luftslottet som sprängdes

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Andreev, Gregory. (2018). Den svenska deckarens sociala engagemang exemplifierat i Stieg Larssons Luftslottet som sprängdes. BSc thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of English Language and Literature > Chair of Scandinavian Languages and Literature. [mentor Tomić, Janica].

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Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with the social engagement of the so-called socio-crime fiction, a literary genre with a firm foothold in Scandinavia. The genre's most prominent attribute is the critique of the welfare state and its disintegration, depicted mostly through an incompetent police force as the corrupt protector of the people. The thesis takes the Swedish journalist and writer, Stieg Larsson's novel, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, as a representative of the genre. Following an introductory overview of the genre's development, the history of which is thought to have begun in 1965 with the Swedish duo made up of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, and became further popularized in the final decade of the 20th century by another Swede, Henning Mankell, and his inspector Kurt Wallander novel series, the thesis turns to the differences and similarities between the genre’s three developmental stages, with Larsson representing the third, so-called noir stage of the socio-crime fiction, which is particularly dealt with. The noir phenomenon and Larsson’s social intervention are explained through examples from the novel and backed up by excerpts from the works of literary critics.

Item Type: BSc thesis
Subjects: Scandinavian languages and literatures
Departments: Department of English Language and Literature > Chair of Scandinavian Languages and Literature
Supervisor: Tomić, Janica
Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2019 07:53
Last Modified: 20 Feb 2019 07:53
URI: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/10950

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