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The city of Oxford is changed a great deal

自从20世纪30年代我的三部曲以来

since my trio of founding novels in the 1930s.

牛津有了很大的改变

Think Morris Motors, Blackbird Leys,

想想莫里斯汽车公司，黑鸟利斯

think tourists in August,

想想八月份的游客

the university is altered even more.

牛津大学就改变得更多了

Think the dominance of science over classics, coeducational colleges

想想科学超过经典占据主导地位，男女同校的大学

think research driven labs and departments.

想想研究性的实验室和科系

And with those changes I've tried to suggest,

对于这些变化，我想要说

crime fiction has responded, reacted and reflected change

犯罪小说已经有所回应，回复和反映变化

Detective novels continue to provide us with ways

侦探小说除了情节

of thinking about Oxford

凶手和警察

that go beyond their plots, their perpetrators or their policemen.

继续为我们提供思索牛津的途径

Thank you.

谢谢

视频及简介

犯罪小说日益流行，并被广泛翻拍为电视剧。本课程将对犯罪小说中寻凶和死尸等写作要素进行分析，并揭示众多侦探小说青睐于将犯罪场景设定在牛津市及牛津大学的原因，还邀请到著名侦探小说作者讲解其小说和电视剧中主角的共性与差异。