Kulturološka analiza ameriških in japonskih kriminalk

This thesis uses techniques of comparative literature aiming to ascertain whether the culture of a country is reflected in that country’s literature (more specifically, its crime fiction). The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part introduces crime fiction as a genre, its development, and compares cultural characteristics of Japanese and Americans. The practical part is a comparison of three American and three Japanese crime fiction novels with a focus on cultural reflections. These countries developed relatively historically independently, have distinctly different cultures, and enjoy somewhat contradictory reputations when it comes to safety."Kulturološka analiza ameriških in japonskih kriminalk" je magistrsko delo s področja primerjalne književnosti, ki je nastalo zaradi predpostavke, da se kultura posamezne države odraža v njeni literaturi. Naš cilj je bil preveriti, ali to drži in kako lahko to na konkretnih primerih opazimo znotraj žanra kriminalk. Da bi bili kulturološki vplivi čim bolj opazni, smo se odločili za primerjavo del iz dveh držav, ki sta se zgodovinsko zelo različno razvijali in katerih ideologija in načela se v nekaterih pogledih znatno razlikujejo