A Study of Agatha Christie’s Spatial Narrative in And Then There Were None

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10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_104How to use a DOI?

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Agatha Christie; And Then There Were None; Spatial narrative

Abstract

Agatha Christie, the famous British detective novelist, plays a vital role in the field of detective novels around the world. Among her representative works, And Then There Were None subverts the convention of linear and diachronic narrative and focuses on space. Based on Gabriel Zoran’s theory of spatial narrative, this article explores the spatial structure in And Then There Were None from three aspects: the topographical space, the chronotopic space and the textual space. Then, it discusses the impact of the three levels of space on the mystery-creation, the dispositions of the characters, the development of the plot and the sublimation of the themes in the novel.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/11/19
TI  - A Study of Agatha Christie’s Spatial Narrative in And Then There Were None
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 853
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SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_104
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_104
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