Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2019)

The Game Poetics of the Novel The Death of Achilles by B. Akunin

Authors
Tang Shi, Alexander Kovalenko, Nabieva Zukhra
Corresponding Author
Alexander Kovalenko
Available Online May 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.87How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Boris Akunin, ludology, game poetics, detective genre, allusion, intertextuality, theatricality, stylization
Abstract

The task of the research is to reveal the characteristic features of postmodern detective fictions, specifically of the works of B. Akunin. Methodologies such as formalist approach, semantic analysis of images and comparative studies are used in this article, which leads to the conclusions that the new detective fictions, unlike the classical ones, are much more free in choosing and interpreting historical material and that the writer’s strategies are to play with the reader and give him an active role in the unfolding of the text by using various literary devices. The article discusses the features of the game poetics of B. Akunin’s novel The Death of Achilles. The system-forming components of game poetics are distinguished: stylization, playful intertextuality, theatricality of reality, the effect of deceived expectation, game structure, manifested in the ambiguity of plot lines, and game narration. The analysis also shows how the writer organically combines game mechanics and historical elements in a special kind of detective genre, as well as how he implements the interactive principle to create a provocative text.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.87
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.87How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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