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SUMMARY
Since the 1990s, a trend towards adapting, rewriting, or otherwise engaging with the literary canon-especially the nineteenth-century novel-via the popular genre of crime fiction may be observed in both French and English. Following a detailed analysis of the role of the reader-detective in each text, the article goes on to demonstrate how both texts engage in theoretical debates on canonicity, including questions of authorial genius, aesthetic value, and the pleasure of reading. By emphasising the position of a skilled non-academic reader, familiar with the codes and conventions of both . . .
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