Rosyjska powieść kryminalna XX–XXI wieku. (Wokół przemian gatunkowych)
A Russian criminal novel of the 20th and 21st centuries. (Around genre changes)

Summary/Abstract: The article touches upon the genre changes in the Russian criminal novel of the 20th and 21st centuries. The text presents a short history of the genre starting from 1917. The first works worth mentioning are “Mess-Mend” by M. Shaginian and “Notatki Sędziego Śledczego” [“Notes by Investigating Magistrate”] by L. Szejnin. An extremely intensive development of this genre can be observed from mid 1950s. What played an important role was the appearance of “Okrucieństwo” [“Cruelty”] and “Śladami wielkich detektywów” [“Following great detectives”], novels by Paweł Nilin. A big group of “detective” writers was created at that time, among whom were A. Adamow, J. Siemionow, A. and G. Wajnerow, P. Szestakow, O. and A. Ławrow. Popular genre variations were a police and detective novel. In the last decade of the 20th century th enew type of the criminal literature developed . the so called women’s criminal (Aleksandra Marinina, Daria Doncowa). Especially popular are also retro-criminals by Borys Akunin. His works are called the real genre revolution within the scope of this type of popular literature.

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