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A Study on the Characteristics of the Detective Novel Narrative Techniques in Jin Yong's the Flying Fox in Snow Mountain

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2024, (74), pp.219-245
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.009
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : October 10, 2024
  • Accepted : November 20, 2024
  • Published : November 30, 2024

Yu, Kyung-chul 1

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzed the characteristics of the detective novel narrative techniques in Jin Yong(金庸)'s the Flying Fox in Snow Mountain(雪山飛狐). First, according to Todorov, the detective novel narrative consists of two stories: the crime story(called as the first story) and the investigation story(called as the second story). Jin Yong used the combination of the crime story(called as the past story) and the investigation story(called as the present story) in the Flying Fox in Snow Mountain. He combined the past story and the present story to compose the entire story, using a more complex method of combining three past stories into a single present story rather than a one-on-one combining. Also, as the story of the past is revealed, the story of the present unfolds anew under its influence. Second, Jin Yong used the incomplete statements of witnesses in revealing the whole case and uncovering the villain’s misdeeds. The statements of witnesses are different depending on theirs status, identity, and path through which they obtained the information. He adjusted each incomplete statements as if he is manipulating a puzzle, and eventually reveals the truth of the whole case, and the true face of a villain. This method had a great effect of increasing the reader's interest and immersion.

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