A Comparison of Court Case Novels in China and Detective Novels in West: Set The Dee Case and Sherlock Holmes as an Example
Abstract:Both Chinese detective novels and the western detective novels are important parts of the western novels, and they are in the case as the center to carry out the plot with the same type of comparability. But because of the western way of thinking and social context, the artistic features of them show different. This paper mainly set the Dee Case and Sherlock Holmes as an example, compared to the basic principle of literature as guided by the principles and methods of parallel research analysis Chinese detective novels and the western detective stories. It is important to reveal the characteristics of fiction. It will also help to understand the Chinese detective novels and the western detective fiction narrative art in writing and the similarities and differences of the character image mold.
Key words:Court Case Novels; Detective Novels; The Dee Case; Sherlock Holmes; Narrative Structures