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Mystery in Sepedi detective stories

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Title Mystery in Sepedi detective stories
 
Creator Mojalefa, M.J. Magapa, N.I.
 
Subject — Character; Detective; Detective Stories; Evidence That Reveals The Mystery; Identity; Victim; Investigation That Reveals The Mystery; Mystery; Criminal
Description The aim of this article is to illustrate the importance of the concept “mystery” in the classification of Sepedi detective stories. Mystery is therefore first defined, and then some rules governing how mystery is created and sustained in a narrative are reviewed. Examples are given of how the writers of Sepedi detective stories mislead their readers in order to create mystery. Mystery is then examined according to five of its constituent elements, namely the real character of the detective, the name of the criminal, the identity of the victim, the evidence that reveals the mystery in the end, and the investigation that reveals the mystery. Each category is explored by citing relevant examples from Sepedi detective stories.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2007-07-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/lit.v28i1.154
 
Source Literator; Vol 28, No 1 (2007); 121-140 Literator; Vol 28, No 1 (2007); 121-140 2219-8237 0258-2279
 
Language eng
 
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https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/154/127
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2007 M.J. Mojalefa, N.I. Magapa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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