Detective Fiction as a genre, as we’ve seen, cannot be divorced from its historical and cultural moment in time. Reflect for a moment on your final project of writing the beginning of a detective story. How does your story illustrate what it means to be you living in this time and space? How is your culture revealed? Through characters? Plot? Issues under consideration or criticism? If your personal reality crosses cultures, you may include your reflections on that as well. Does your story connect to your own experience or academic knowledge you’ve gained at university?
Your views have been shaped by the culture and the time-period in which you live. If your detective story were to be viewed as an artifact from this moment in time and space, what would others learn about the larger picture of history and society in which you live? It can be as simple as the types of cars and phones that you put in your story or specific cultural references such as famous people, songs, foods/restaurants or TV shows but aren’t limited to these. Remember that even novels that borrow from the past or future say something about the author making it and their point of reference. So what does your story say about you and your point of reference? How have you used your point of reference to write your story? Is there disciplinary information or a skill (academic or experiential) that informs or helped you create your project?
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