Vpliv Arthurja Conana Doyla na literarne stvaritve Agathe Christie – primerjalna karakterizacija protagonistov

Arthur Conan Doyle is the father of one of the most famous detectives of all times, Sherlock Holmes, and it is evident to the readers and connoisseurs of detective novels that by inventing Sherlock Holmes, he influenced many other authors at the beginning of the 20th century, one of whom is Agatha Christie. Christie is mostly famous for her detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective, who is similar to Holmes in many respects. These protagonists are extensively responsible for the success and popularity of detective stories from the beginning of the 20th century. It is their personal characteristics, as well as the form of detective fiction that have attracted readers of all social classes and educational levels. In my graduation thesis I will focus on demonstrating the personal characteristics of the protagonists of each of the famous series of stories to prove that the origin of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Hastings and Japp was to a large extent a possible consequence of Christie’s knowing and having studied Doyle’s Holmes, Watson and Lestrade.Arthur Conan Doyle je avtor enega izmed najslavnejših detektivov vseh časov, Sherlocka Holmesa, bralcem in poznavalcem detektivskih romanov pa je jasno, da je na začetku 20. stoletja s stvaritvijo Sherlocka Holmesa vplival na mnoge avtorje. Ena od teh je Agatha Christie, ki je najbolj znana po svojih delih o Herculu Poirotu, znamenitem belgijskem detektivu, ki je v mnogih pogledih podoben Holmesu. Ta protagonista sta zelo pripomogla k uspehu in popularnosti detektivskih romanov vse od začetka 20. stoletja. Ne le njune osebnostne lastnosti temveč tudi sama oblika detektivske literature so pritegnile bralce vseh družbenih in izobrazbenih ravni. V svoji diplomski nalogi se bom osredotočila na predstavitev osebnostnih lastnosti glavnih protagonistov prej omejenih avtorjev, da bom dokazala, da je rojstvo Poirota, Hastingsa in Jappa Agathe Christie v precejšnji meri možna posledica poznavanja in proučevanja Doylovih Holmesa, Watsona in Lestrada