Historical Crime Novels and Metareflective Aesthetics

    Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies

    Description

    Contemporary Scandinavian crime fiction makes use of a variety of genres and approaches. Two alternative approaches, launching noteworthy aesthetic strategies will be presented: 1) the historical crime novel mixing historical layers with a contemporary setting (Kerstin Ekman’s Händelser vid vatten/Blackwater, 1993), 2) the ‘literary’, meta-reflective novel involving crime and investigation, but in untraditional ways where various levels of reflection (Kerstin Ekman’s Mordets praktik, 2009).
    Period2 May 2013
    Event titlesass 2013
    Event typeConference
    LocationSan Francisco, United StatesShow on map