Does order to your mind involve cultural expulsion or vindication and redemption?
Format: MLA (must include a Work Cited page; please visit OWL @ Perdue for formatting assistance)
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point
Length: 2 ½ to 3 pages (you must write at least 2 ½ pages—anything less will receive a failing grade)
Due: Sunday, 2/20 (by midnight to Course Den)
Topic: The cultural implications of the detective story are conservative and involve the restoration of a disturbed order, according to some of the writers we have read.
With this paradigm in mind, select one of the “classic style” stories we have read (up to and including Jan Burke’s “Revised Endings”) as your subject for this essay.
You should decide upon whether order is restored—but first, you must first consider the differing types of “order” one may encounter in these narratives. Move beyond the simplistic “everybody dies” and think about the implications of societal order, perhaps. What about restoration, individual or community guilt? Does order—to your mind—involve cultural expulsion or vindication and redemption? You can see that there are many ways to define “order” in the detective genre. You could even probe whether your author abides by the rules of fair play in his/her story and how those stylistic and artistic choices constitute literary order or not.
You should, however, substantively explore the effects and/or consequences of order, once you have decided upon your definition. Ultimately, how do your claims point to a larger cultural sensibility?
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE SHORT FICTION STORY FOR PAPER.
https://we.tl/t-AMhMQ8KQsA