Crime Related Texts (1 Viewer)

[historia]

For Extension 1, is it frowned upon if your related texts aren't 'highbrow' or 'literary' works but they still explore crime fiction/ genre in interesting ways? Because for an assessment due next term most people in my class seem to be doing novels from writers that are seen as 'sophisticated' (Pynchon, Sylvia Plath, Dostoyevsky) but mine are from less acclaimed writers. Also, I'm supposed to have at least two relateds, so if I have a novel and a short story is this o.k? (finding it much harder to find interesting films than written texts)

Thanks in advance

 

[sirable1]

any Alfred Hitchcock film

 

[historia]

any Alfred Hitchcock film

Would do this but Rear Window's one of the prescribed texts we study.

 

[strawberrye]

Whenever possible, it is always better to choose more acclaimed authors' works rather than less well known ones. Check out the following thread and links for some more ideas of possible related texts and tips that you can use for Crime Fiction.
http://community.boredofstudies.org/8/english-extension-1/5998/crime-fiction-related-texts.html
http://crimewritinghsc.wordpress.com/
http://booragul.catholic.libguides.com/content.php?pid=392194&sid=3213071
Hope this helps a bit

 

[GabbyS]

My teacher said that it's best to avoid texts that are from the canon, simply because they limit your discussion about the subversion of conventions and representations of different values, so in my eyes, lesser-known texts are fine. I've chosen one myself! So long as you have chosen texts that are unique and explore crime fiction conventions in interesting ways that you can discuss with the prescribed texts, you should be sweet!