Detective fiction : les codes du roman policier (Terminale)
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| Anglais | Français |
|---|---|
| a whodunit | un roman à énigme (« qui l'a fait ? ») |
| a red herring | une fausse piste |
| a plot twist | un rebondissement |
| the culprit | le coupable |
| deduction / to deduce | la déduction / déduire |
| When you have eliminated the impossible... | Quand vous avez éliminé l'impossible... |
Le premier détective de fiction est le Dupin d'Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1841). Sherlock Holmes rend le genre populaire, puis Agatha Christie en devient la reine. Les codes : un crime, des suspects, des fausses pistes, un détective, une révélation finale. Holmes résume sa méthode dans The Sign of the Four (1890) : « when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ».
Mise en situation : le débat
À retenir
- a whodunit, a red herring, a plot twist, the culprit, deduction.
- Poe (1841), Conan Doyle (1887), Agatha Christie ; the reader as a detective.
Exercice 1 : Le roman policier : exercice 1 (QCM)
- « une fausse piste »
- a false track of
- a red herring
- a red hearing
- « un rebondissement »
- a rebound
- a plot twist
- a plot turn of
- « le coupable »
- the cupboard
- the culprit
- the couple
- « un roman à énigme »
- a whodunit
- a who-done
- a what-done-it
- Le premier détective de fiction :
- Holmes (1887)
- Dupin (Poe, 1841)
- Poirot (1920)
- La « reine du crime » :
- Agatha Christie
- Jane Austen
- Mary Shelley
- « déduire »
- to deduct
- to deduce
- to reduce
- « exprès »
- on purpose
- in purpose
- by purpose
- « tromper le lecteur »
- to mislead the reader
- to misread the reader
- to mislay the reader
- La citation « when you have eliminated the impossible... » vient de...
- The Sign of the Four
- Hamlet
- A Christmas Carol
Exercice 2 : Le roman policier : exercice 2 (à compléter)
- It's a classic .......................... .
- Red .......................... mislead the reader.
- We try to find the .......................... .
- The final .......................... is surprising.
- The detective uses .......................... .
- When you have eliminated the .......................... ...
- ...however improbable, must be the .......................... .
- The writer misleads the reader on .......................... .
- We become .......................... too.
- Poe wrote the first detective story in .......................... .
Exercice 3 : Le roman policier : mise en situation
- Le prof demande les codes du genre.
- Which are the codes of classic whodunit?
- What are the codes of a classic whodunit?
- What are the code of a classic whodunit?
- Il y a un crime et plusieurs suspects.
- It has a crime and several suspects.
- There's a crime and several suspects.
- There's a crime and several suspect.
- L'auteur trompe le lecteur exprès.
- The writer misreads the reader on purpose.
- The writer misleads the reader in purpose.
- The writer misleads the reader on purpose.
- Pourquoi les lecteurs adorent-ils ça ?
- Why readers love it?
- Why do readers loves it?
- Why do readers love it?
- Nous devenons détectives nous aussi.
- We become detective too.
- We become detectives too.
- We become detectives also too.
- Trouver le coupable avant le rebondissement final.
- To find the culprit before the final twist.
- To find the cupboard before the final twist.
- To find the culprit after the first twist.
- Tu cites Holmes.
- When you have eliminate the impossible, whatever remain must the truth.
- When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- When you eliminate the impossible, all is the truth.
- Le genre a été inventé par Poe.
- The genre invented by Poe was.
- The genre was invent by Poe.
- The genre was invented by Poe.
- Agatha Christie est la reine du crime.
- Agatha Christie is the Queen of Crime.
- Agatha Christie is the Queen of the Crimes of.
- Agatha Christie are the Queen of Crime.
- Tu adores les fins surprenantes.
- I love surprise endings.
- I love surprised endings.
- I love surprise ending of.
Corrigé
Exercice 1
1. b) a red herring · 2. b) a plot twist · 3. b) the culprit · 4. a) a whodunit · 5. b) Dupin (Poe, 1841) · 6. a) Agatha Christie · 7. b) to deduce · 8. a) on purpose · 9. a) to mislead the reader · 10. a) The Sign of the Four
Exercice 2
1. whodunit · 2. herrings · 3. culprit · 4. twist · 5. deduction · 6. impossible · 7. truth · 8. purpose · 9. detectives · 10. 1841
Exercice 3
1. b) What are the codes of a classic whodunit? · 2. b) There's a crime and several suspects. · 3. c) The writer misleads the reader on purpose. · 4. c) Why do readers love it? · 5. b) We become detectives too. · 6. a) To find the culprit before the final twist. · 7. b) When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. · 8. c) The genre was invented by Poe. · 9. a) Agatha Christie is the Queen of Crime. · 10. a) I love surprise endings.