UNIVERSAL PROBLEM OF GOOD AND EVIL AND ITS INTERPRETATION IN THE DETECTIVE NOVEL “WHY DID NOT THEY ASK EVANS?” BY A. CHRISTEY (MULTY-PARADIGMAL ANALYSES)
Journal Title: Актуальні питання гуманітарних наук: Міжвузівський збірник наукових праць молодих вчених Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 3
Abstract
The article deals with complex, multy-paradigmal analyses of the detective novel by A. Christey “Why did not they ask Evans?”. The methodology of multy-paradigmal analyses includes both literary and linguistic aspects of investigation. The aim of the article is to analyze ways of representation by the author the main problem of modern society – the problem of good and evil – as well as her own solution of it. Among many best seller detective novels written by different authors all over the world the works by A. Christey are usually adored by readers of different ages and nationalities. Having been finished and published in 1935, her detective novel “Why did not they asked Evans?” was one of the first and the most attractive works by A. Christey in the world. What involves the wide audience of readers in her detective novels? Why do readers usually pay a very special attention to her works? The reply for these questions is rather simple: A. Christey is a great master of detective novels. She can keep the attention of the readers because she arises many universal social problems which have been burning for many centu- ries and give her own (often unexpected and unpredictable) solutions to them. All of them are united under one general name – the problem of good and evil. Readers find a lot of interesting things in her works. She speaks about her heroes and events with a unique, sophisticated humor. Many generations have been grown on her books. And like a talented teacher, in her books she gives to everyone her own replies for many questions of modern life and society: what to do and how to behave in different situations, how to build relations with parents, with friends, how to define a good friend and, what is more important, how to become a true friend, a friend in need, etc. All these problems can be also globalized as one topical problem of young generations of the previous centuries as well as the youth of nowadays – what way in life to choose? To spread good in the world working hard at it day and night or easily multiply evil under the sun? Everyone faces this question every day in different ways. To investigate it in the chosen detective novel by A. Christey in frames of multy-paradigmal approach is the main focus of the present research. It is a duty of everyone to do the right choice in life. No doubt, people will follow A. Christey’s books again and again to solve this important problem correctly in their personal lives. It is a rather complicated task, as it includes a lot of common, universal problems, like relations of parents and children, true friendship, choosing of profession, creating a family, etc. And, anyway, any solutions of them touches upon the choice between good or evil. So, how it all is represented in “Why did not they ask Evans?” Let us analyze in detail.
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Svitlana TEREKHOVA, Hlib RUDNYTSKY
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