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This thesis focuses on the Israeli detective genre. The Israeli detective genre is quite new in Israeli literature, not many works of the detective genre exist in Israel before 1980's, and even today, the detective genre is not so widespread in Israel. The thesis introduces four authors who represent the period from the beginnings of Israeli detective fiction until today. Batya Gur and Shulamit Lapid were chosen as representatives of the older period, Jair Lapid and Dror Mishani for the 21st century. The works chosen for the analysis are those which are parts of the detective series. Another criterion is the detective has to operate in Israel. The aim of the thesis is to outline the development of the detective novel in Israeli based on the example of selected works of these significant authors. In the opening, the thesis shortly presents a detective novel as a literary genre and also, as a literary genre in Israel. The main body of the thesis consists of four chapters on the authors and their approach to the detective genre while investigating several aspects. Firstly, it focuses on the characters who appear in the chosen novels as a detectives, criminals, and other characters. Secondly, the thesis concentrates on the background of the crime and investigation; where and under which circumstances... |
