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Narrative
24 minutes
Color
Recommended audience age range 18-adult
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Order number: 1006
Umberto Eco, author of the medieval murder mystery The Name of The Rose, suggests that all novels are a sort of detective story. We are invited to test that theory by examining a dramatized scene from Chapter Three of Dickens's Hard Times, to see the ways in which the author builds up our expectations of and predictions about the way in which the story will end. We see how the scene reminds us of the very opening of the book, and also points forward to several later scenes. We are also reminded of the context in which many of Dickens's books were produced: they were published as magazine serials, and he also read them aloud to audiences. Umberto Eco concludes by affirming the importance of the detective novel.
Credits -
Presenter:
Graham Martin,with Umberto Eco
Director:
Tony Coe
Open University/BBC
