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RODICA OJOG-BRAŞOVEANU - "SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR MINERVA"
RODICA OJOG-BRAŞOVEANU - "SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR MINERVA"

Author(s): Dorina Nela Trifu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: sleepless; technique of the detective novel; situation humor; fright; murder and investigation

Summary/Abstract: Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu - "Sleepless nights for Minerva" is a specialized study about the detective novel. The approach set out in the novel is a classic one. The criticism of the novel aims the traits of the detective novel, respectively the victim Ŕ cop Ŕ suspect triad. In my research I highlighted the features of the classic detective that are found at Rodica Ojog- Braşoveanu, original elements that overlap the technique of the detective novel, but also disturbing, perturbing elements of the novel. Certain sequences mentioned are intended to highlight the flash-back, the crime plan intertwined with the investigation plan, the humor provided by the that situations that certain characters encounter but also the language humor of the narrator, contrasting with the general terror of the inhabitants of the city of P. We believe that the novel is well built, as are the characters, with the objection that the suspense exaggeration caused by the general horror, as like the self-praise of the author by insinuating Minervařs qualities are troublesome.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 352-359
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian