| Abstract [eng] |
The master's thesis analyses the principles of narrative construction in modern Lithuanian detective fiction. A detailed analysis is applied to Gina Viliūnė's historical trilogy „Žmogžudystė batsiuvio dirbtuvėje“ (Murder in the Shoemaker's Workshop), „Spąstai pirklio žudikui“ (Trap for the Merchant's Killer), and „Mirtinas arkebuzos šūvis“ (The Deadly Shot of an Arquebus), as well as Valdas Bartas's novel „Mirtina meilė“ (Deadly Love) and Laima Lavastė's book „Rytojaus niekada nebus” (There Will Be No Tomorrow). The works are examined using semiotic principles, whilst a synthesised anthropological approach is applied to the reading of Lavastė's novel. The study aims to identify the differences and similarities in the narrative principles of these detective stories. The thesis also presents a typology of Lithuanian detective fiction, drawing on a sample of 26 authors and 47 works. The analysed texts are categorised into the following subgenres: historical detective fiction (Gina Viliūnė's trilogy), journalistic detective fiction (Laima Lavastė's There Will Be No Tomorrow), and classical detective fiction (Valdas Bartas's Deadly Love). The narrative differences among the detective stories are determined by the chosen subgenre. The similarities in the narrative construction of the detective fiction are revealed through the semiotic approach. Actants, which are schematic from a semiotic perspective, were identified in the works of the analysed authors, and their mutual interactions are influenced by the semantic axis chosen by the author. In detective novels based on true events, the authors employ actants with complex identities and relationships. The actions of the actants within a real social space create additional value for the detective novel, offering an opportunity for an anthropological study of the actants' isotopies, norms, and cultural expressions. |
