Fictional Death and Scientific Truth
The Truth-Value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Mystery & Detective Fiction
| Author: | Kerstin Bergman | ISBN: | 9781476624839 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | November 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kerstin Bergman |
| ISBN: | 9781476624839 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | November 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In this article, the author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media-specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–) and Patricia Cornwell’s The Scarpetta Factor (2009). Despite the different media, both are found to establish a strong bond between science and truth, and readers/viewers are encouraged to assume that this also is the case in the external world. This article originally appeared in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 30, Issue 1.
In this article, the author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media-specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–) and Patricia Cornwell’s The Scarpetta Factor (2009). Despite the different media, both are found to establish a strong bond between science and truth, and readers/viewers are encouraged to assume that this also is the case in the external world. This article originally appeared in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 30, Issue 1.
