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Fictional Death and Scientific Truth: The Truth-value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction

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Author

Summary, in English

The author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cornwell’s The Scarpetta Factor. Both are found to convey strong bonds between science and truth, and readers/viewers are likely to assume that this is the case also in the external world.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

88-98

Publication/Series

Clues: A Journal of Detection

Volume

30

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • science
  • scientist
  • scientist detective
  • fictional science
  • truth
  • fictional truth
  • crime fiction
  • forensic crime fiction
  • forensic genre
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Patricia Cornwell

Status

Published

Project

  • Science in the Crime Genre

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1940-3046