The social structure of the detective genre
Today, we'll embark on a fascinating journey through the history of the detective genre. We'll examine the genre's inheritance from social novels and highlight its characteristics in comparison to fantasy and the picaresque novel.
But we certainly haven't forgotten that our podcast is sociological, not literary or philological. Therefore, our journey will include a discussion of the British and French socio-political systems, the tensions between democratic government and capitalism, the English aristocracy, and civil society. And that's far from all.
We'll attempt to unravel the tangled web of class and social relations, as well as their reflection within the English and French detective genres. And since this is no easy task, we'll be assisted by some of the greatest, albeit fictional, figures of the profession: detective Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Jules Maigret.
In other words, we're continuing our series dedicated to discussing Luc Boltanski's book "Secrets and Conspiracies: On the Trail of Investigations."
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Timecodes:
00:00 Greetings
04:41 Review of key ideas about the detective genre from the previous episode
19:50 History of the detective genre
30:41 Cloud the Cat
32:10 Sherlock Holmes and the English detective novel
35:20 Comparison of the detective novel with other genres: noir, picaresque novel, fantasy novel
49:09 Political forms of British and French society in detective fiction
59:30 Social structure of English society in detective fiction
1:08:06 French detective novel
1:36:27 Goodbye