THE BASIC FEATURES AND LITERATURAL PECULIARITIES OF AMERICAN DETECTIVE GENRE (ON SCOTT TUROW’S “PRESUMED INNOCENT”)

Authors

  • Niyazov Ravshan Turakulovich “Kimyo International University in Tashkent” professor of “English language” department docravshanniyazov@gmail.com Author

Keywords:

detective genre, literary genre, detective story, investigation, court, murder, tasks of solving murder.

Abstract

The article analyzes the evolutionary steps of detectives, defines the meaning of a detective fiction, and points out the types of detective fiction. The novelist`s contribution of justice and juridical system in a society, highlighted in the novel.

References

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3. Macdonald, Andrew, and Gina Macdonald. "Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent: Novel and Film—Multifaceted Character Study versus Tailored Courtroom Drama." In It's a Print: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen, eds. William Reynolds and Beth Trembley. Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press, 1994:175193

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Published

2026-04-05