Open AccessThe hypotext of a children’s game in "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie
Author(s) -
Tat’yana V. Ternopol
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik kostromskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta imeni n.a. nekrasova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-0817
DOI - 10.34216/1998-0817-2019-25-4-130-134
Subject(s) - agatha , motif (music) , folklore , telepathy , detective fiction , psychology , literature , computer science , art , aesthetics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The article is devoted to analysing the role of hypotext of a children’s finger-play in Agatha Christie’s detective novel. Methods of hermeneutics and comparative analysis are applied to study levels of detail, motif, image system and structure. The researcher makes a conclusion that Agatha Christie continued trying new models of using folklore hypotext based on its peculiar features (such as verbal and kinetic components of a folklore game). The motif of a number five manifested in the title organises the text and gives an attentive reader a chance to solve the case. According to the researcher, the composition of "Five Little Pigs" is determined by a detective formula as well as the rules of the finger-play used as a hypotext.