The problem of chronotope in the detective short story by E.A. Poe «The Purloined Letter»
The problem of chronotope in the detective short story by E.A. Poe «The Purloined Letter»

Summary/Abstract: The aim of research is the comprehensive analysis of spatio-temporal relations in the short story by Edgar Allan Poe «The Purloined Letter». E. Poe is the founder of the «detective short story», the genre features of which are the description of the deduction of the character, a deep analysis, logical and mathematical accurate thinking. Real and historical chronotopes are the main types of chronotope in the detective short story. The place and time are carefully described, the author repeatedly pays attention to spatial topos, which creat the unique author’s style. Particular attention is paid to signs of personal chronotope.

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