brain stormin' (1 Viewer)

[mandalay]

would anyone be able to help me brain storm a few pointers as to why crime fiction is so popular?

 

[monique66]

- it relates to human nature
- it explores issues that we as the audience find both disgusting but intriguing
- it is always written to reflect the context and values of the audience so it is forever changing
- the ways in which new and postmodern texts differ from the norm...
sorry these are crap but anyway...

 

[physician]

would anyone be able to help me brain storm a few pointers as to why crime fiction is so popular?

mystery, unravelling of a crime, action, suspence, psychological manipulations ( a form of red herrings)..., the ability this genre gives the authors to allow the readers to "willingly suspend their disbeleif", supernatural themes ( for example the evil hound in 'the hound of the baskervilles'), getting into the shoes of the detective, the love for violence, blood, torment and horror ( some traits that many crime novels/movies possess... for example the "oozing serrum" in "the skull beneath the skin".. or the battered face of clarrisa )....

there's heaps more... but not many i can think of right now

 

[_muse_]

people wanna make their own assumptions and stuff? i dunno thats what i was told

 

[librarybag]

I went to the performance on Tuesday. I didn't have high expectations, but I found it quite good and it explained the play better to me. Unfortunately, the question time at the end was a bit pointless. It wasn't really the actors fault though, most students had no questions to ask.

 

[bEAbEA]

Reader like the reassurance that there are detectives out there who are capable of keeping them safe and can bring justice to a situation. This is not evident in every text.