THE BLANK WALL

Rocío García de la Nava, Elena González Reyes

INDEX

Introduction

What is suspense?

Structure

Elizabeht Sanxay

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

Publication

Plot

Main themes:

Role of women

Class

Race

Educational background

WHAT IS SUSPENSE

Apparition > 19th century

Definitions:

Hitchocock

Lothar Mikos

Byung Chull Bae and R. Michael Young

Elemments: Lines of narration, Investigator, motor, events, setting, language, temp, narrator.

CHARACTERS

Lucia: the protagonist

Bee: Lucia’s daughter

David: Lucia’s son

Mr. Harper: Lucia's father

Sybil: Lucia’s maid

Lieutenant Levy: the investigator

Donelly: the protector

Nagle: the blackmailer

Tom: Lucia’s husband

Ted Darby: the dead

ELISABETH SANXAY

Born in 1889 , death 1955

American novelist

Detective novels

The influence of Patricia Highsmith

CONCLUSION AND ADAPTATIONS

The Reckless Moment (1949)

The Deep End (2001)

Hitchcok’s anthology “ My favorite in

suspense”

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mikos, L. “The experience of suspense between fear and pleasure”, Suspense: conceptualizations, theoretical analyses, and empiricalexplorations, Unv of Berlin (1996)

Byung Chull, B. et al.“A Use of Flashback and Foreshadowing for Surprise Arousal in Narrative Using a Plan-Based Approach”, ICIDS, 2009

http://liquidnarrative.csc.ncsu.edu/pubs/icids09-2.pdf

Aragón Fernández, M. Técnicas narrativas y suspense en el relato breve policiaco, Revista de Filología, ISSN 0570-7218, 39-40 (1989-1990) págs. 75-100

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