TEXTS OF OWN CHOOSING

THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF HARRY LAVENDER

05/11/2013 19:08
THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF HARRY LAVENDER by  Marele Day GLOSSARY Accomplice - Someone willing to help the law-breaker. Anti-hero - A character who does typically heroic things, but has obvious weaknesses.  Not always 'by the book'. Arch-villain - The most evil character. Autopsy - An...

MEET THE AUTHOR

05/11/2013 21:06
Marele Day lives in Balmain, Sydney, and is a full-time writer. Like many writers today, Day attempts to challenge traditions and attempt new ways of writing. The detective thriller has a long-established tradition of storytelling with very clear rules and conventions. Many of these conventions...

CHAPTER SUMMARIES

05/11/2013 21:25
'Harry Lavender' is made up of twenty chapters which have no chapter titles or numbers. The beginning of each chapter is indicated by a large 'drop capital' letter and a space left at the top of the page. Five of these chapters are printed in italic type. These chapters are extracts from Mark...

PLOT CONVENTIONS

06/11/2013 18:16
The plot is the storyline of 'what happens' in a novel. Listed below are some of the plot conventions you may recognise in a detective thriller: A murder of a seemingly innocent person is committed. The police appear to have the case under control but a relative or friend of the deceased suspects...

CHARACTER CONVENTIONS

07/11/2013 09:52
The characters in 'Harry Lavender' are in many ways typical of those found in most detective yarns.The central character is the Private Investigator who is the focus of the novel's action. There is a victim (or victims) who is usually an innocent bystander and there is a host of villains ranging...

SETTING

07/11/2013 12:20
CONVENTIONAL CRIME SETTINGS Setting is the TIME and PLACE in which a story occurs. The detective thriller deals with a wide scope of characters from low-life crims to ultra-wealthy crime bosses and the setting reflect this same range. People read crime fiction mostly for entertainment so the...

STYLE AND LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS

07/11/2013 18:16
LANGUAGE AND STYLE CONVENTIONS OF THE DETECTIVE THRILLER The story is often told by the detective in the first person. The language is simple and colloquial - the tough language of the streets. The story contains 'red herrings' to distract the reader from the trail of the real killer. There...

THEMES - SYMBOLS - IMAGES

08/11/2013 10:35
THEMES   CHANGING SYDNEY HISTORY OF SYDNEY REALITY VERSUS ILLUSION AND FACADES REVERSAL OF ROLES   SYMBOLS/IMAGES VALENTINES, HEARTS AND CANCER    

THE DETECTIVE THRILLER GENRE

21/11/2013 22:03
The novel 'The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender' is identified on the cover as 'A Claudia Velentine Thriller'. You need to think about the conventions on which Marele Day is modelling her novel in order to appreciate her skill.   The thriller The thriller is a book...dealing with crime,...

TEXTS OF OWN CHOOSING

DEXTER TELEVISION SERIES

14/11/2013 22:36
  Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice....

TEXT OF OWN CHOOSING

RUBY MOON by Matt Cameron

22/11/2013 16:51
CONTEXT OF 'RUBY MOON' Ruby Moon was first produced and performed by The Playbox and Neonheart Theatres, Melbourne in 2003. The play explores, and critically examines, many of the issues that concerned Australian society at the time. Chief amongst these were the themes of; Australian obsession with...

THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE PLAY'S DEVELOPMENT

22/11/2013 17:09
Matt Cameron, a Melbourne based director, playwright and screenwriter has produced many successful and critically acclaimed plays and performances.   Several factors influenced Matt Cameron when writing 'Ruby Moon', he was influenced by contemporary stories in the Media. "I was inspired by...

SETTING

22/11/2013 17:17
Timeless, Placeless Setting One of the many theatrical or dramatic techniques Matt Cameron uses in 'Ruby Moon' is the construction of a timeless and placeless setting for the action of the play. Cameron gives specific directions regarding setting at the beginning of the play.   The timeless...

CHARACTERS

22/11/2013 17:22
The playwright note at the beginning of the play, which states that all characters are to be played by the two main actors who "...do not make wholesome changes in costume, hair and make-up..." establishes one of the key discourses of the entire play; shifting identities.   The characters and...

CHARACTERS

22/11/2013 17:22
The playwright note at the beginning of the play, which states that all characters are to be played by the two main actors who "...do not make wholesome changes in costume, hair and make-up..." establishes one of the key discourses of the entire play; shifting identities.   The characters and...

ELEMENTARY

PLOT SYNOPSIS

27/11/2013 21:21
“Elementary” stars Jonny Lee Miller as detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where...