Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Scottish author and physician. As a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famo...Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Scottish author and physician. As a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. The paper tries to analyze the characteristics of the Holmes and how did Holmes observe evidences and analyze clues.展开更多
Sherlock Holmes, the literary image that Arthur Conan Doyle created in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, has undoubtedly become an iconic figure of detective. For over a century, a number of films and TV series which ...Sherlock Holmes, the literary image that Arthur Conan Doyle created in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, has undoubtedly become an iconic figure of detective. For over a century, a number of films and TV series which based on this book are countless, Sherlock Holmes has been brought to silver screen and stage for a million times. It will be mentioned Arthur Conan and Sherlock Holmes in his book at first, and then review a list of Sherlock Holmes' adaptations in the history. Secondly, showing different personalities of this figure, taking film and TV dramas adaptation as examples to compare with the original novel,from which we can discover different perspectives of this image of Sherlock Holmes. At last, it emphasizes through the ages, literary works have always been materials for films and TV programs creation. From the everlasting image of Sherlock Holmes, we can see that literary spirits in classic masterpieces can be spread and flourished through adaptation of films and TV programs.展开更多
In the history of detective stories, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple remain as two of the most prominent figures. Focusing on the two detectives' images, personality traits, detective strategies as well as se...In the history of detective stories, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple remain as two of the most prominent figures. Focusing on the two detectives' images, personality traits, detective strategies as well as settings of the stories, this study examines the grounds that magnetize readers.The purpose of this research is to inquire into readers' orientations to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple, and to investigate the causes for their views. To fulfill that purpose, a questionnaire was designed and distributed. Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple prove themselves to be successful detectives. Both of them have distinct images and personality traits as well as plausible detective strategies. The settings, combining reality with imagination, also play a dispensable role. Besides, reasons given by students who disbelieve that they are real persons fail to convince.展开更多
In Conan Doyle’s detective stories mainly including“The Resident Patient,”“The Gloria Scott,”“The Adventure of Blanched Soldier,”and“The Crooked Man,”featuring the master sleuth character Sherlock Holmes,he d...In Conan Doyle’s detective stories mainly including“The Resident Patient,”“The Gloria Scott,”“The Adventure of Blanched Soldier,”and“The Crooked Man,”featuring the master sleuth character Sherlock Holmes,he depicts the return of the colonials from British colonies,mostly India,with physically deformed or ravaged body and traumatic past that haunt and trouble his characters’present life.Doyle allegorically uses returned colonials or poor whites who turn into figures of retributive ghosts that function as pathetic memories and inner fears from British colonies.The seeing of ghostly figures and haunting past events delineated in these stories cause characters’sense of uncanny horror and remind them of their past trauma.These monstrous returned colonials or poor whites often create a fear and a social menace that must be appropriately dealt with when the master sleuth is commissioned to pin down the truth of client’s cases.Why are these bodies of ghostly figures so“irregular”and ravaged?What do these deformities signify?How can returned colonial’s or poor white’s traumatic past be related to retributive ghost?This paper attempts to probe into these issues in order to find out possible answers.展开更多
Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Altho...Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".展开更多
文摘Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Scottish author and physician. As a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. The paper tries to analyze the characteristics of the Holmes and how did Holmes observe evidences and analyze clues.
文摘Sherlock Holmes, the literary image that Arthur Conan Doyle created in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, has undoubtedly become an iconic figure of detective. For over a century, a number of films and TV series which based on this book are countless, Sherlock Holmes has been brought to silver screen and stage for a million times. It will be mentioned Arthur Conan and Sherlock Holmes in his book at first, and then review a list of Sherlock Holmes' adaptations in the history. Secondly, showing different personalities of this figure, taking film and TV dramas adaptation as examples to compare with the original novel,from which we can discover different perspectives of this image of Sherlock Holmes. At last, it emphasizes through the ages, literary works have always been materials for films and TV programs creation. From the everlasting image of Sherlock Holmes, we can see that literary spirits in classic masterpieces can be spread and flourished through adaptation of films and TV programs.
文摘In the history of detective stories, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple remain as two of the most prominent figures. Focusing on the two detectives' images, personality traits, detective strategies as well as settings of the stories, this study examines the grounds that magnetize readers.The purpose of this research is to inquire into readers' orientations to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple, and to investigate the causes for their views. To fulfill that purpose, a questionnaire was designed and distributed. Sherlock Holmes and Miss Jane Marple prove themselves to be successful detectives. Both of them have distinct images and personality traits as well as plausible detective strategies. The settings, combining reality with imagination, also play a dispensable role. Besides, reasons given by students who disbelieve that they are real persons fail to convince.
文摘In Conan Doyle’s detective stories mainly including“The Resident Patient,”“The Gloria Scott,”“The Adventure of Blanched Soldier,”and“The Crooked Man,”featuring the master sleuth character Sherlock Holmes,he depicts the return of the colonials from British colonies,mostly India,with physically deformed or ravaged body and traumatic past that haunt and trouble his characters’present life.Doyle allegorically uses returned colonials or poor whites who turn into figures of retributive ghosts that function as pathetic memories and inner fears from British colonies.The seeing of ghostly figures and haunting past events delineated in these stories cause characters’sense of uncanny horror and remind them of their past trauma.These monstrous returned colonials or poor whites often create a fear and a social menace that must be appropriately dealt with when the master sleuth is commissioned to pin down the truth of client’s cases.Why are these bodies of ghostly figures so“irregular”and ravaged?What do these deformities signify?How can returned colonial’s or poor white’s traumatic past be related to retributive ghost?This paper attempts to probe into these issues in order to find out possible answers.
文摘Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".
