| Title: | ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH AND LITERARY CHARACTERS IN HIS DETECTIVE FICTION |
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| Authors: | ID Pavlinič, Nika (Author)
ID Kennedy, Victor (Mentor) More about this mentor...  |
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| Files: |  UNI_Pavlinic_Nika_2013.pdf (655,27 KB)
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PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/0ed77d0e-18cc-4bd8-a221-b45806cbdf58
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Undergraduate thesis |
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| Typology: | 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | Alexander McCall Smith's novels are gaining more and more readers in Slovenia as well as around the world; the most popular of his works is The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which currently consists of 13 books.
For this thesis I wanted to find out what is the main appeal of the series and what are the reasons behind its popularity.
Although the two most important characters in the novels are detectives and the series revolves around different types of crime and their solving, the novels are not typical detective fiction. They do not feature any murder cases, and the two detectives deal only with everyday problems, such as theft, fraud, adultery, and searching for missing people. Mma Ramotswe, the protagonist, is a private detective who solves crime with humour, intuition, and without any detective knowledge.
The novels take place in the Southern African country of Botswana; therefore, the works feature appealing descriptions of Botswana’s scenery and customs but do not deal extensively with Botswana’s biggest problem: AIDS. Therefore they do not provide the reader with a completely accurate description of the country.
The literary characters are well-made; an important characteristic of this series is that characters are shown as good people – even Mma Ramotswe, when solving cases, mostly relies on human kindness and consciousness that the right thing has to be done. The author does not show the characters only as good people, but as human beings with bad and good sides. |
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| Keywords: | Alexander McCall Smith, Botswana, detective fiction, Mma Ramotswe, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [N. Pavlinič] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2013 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-40671 |
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| UDC: | 821.111(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 19965704 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:8OUCTZTE |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 01.02.2021 |
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| Views: | 1222 |
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| Downloads: | 39 |
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| Categories: | FF
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