Twenty-First Century Noir: From Stieg Larsson's Trilogy to Dolores Redondo's Trilogy and Eva García Sáenz de Urturi's Trilogy

• Published in: Journal of comparative literature & aesthetics Vol. 42; pp. 114 - 0_3
• Main Author: Oropesa, Salvador
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cuttack 01.07.2019
• Subjects: 21st century; Allusion; Ambiguity; Anthropomorphism; Archetypes (Psychology); Authorship; Biographies; Childrens literature; Christianity; Collaboration; Constitutional law; Contemporary literature; Deaths; Epic literature; Exegesis & hermeneutics; Heroism & heroes; Human rights; Hypotheses; Ideology; Infants; Larsson, Stieg (1954-2004); Literary characters; Literary criticism; Literary devices; Literary influences; Literary translation; Literature; Logic; Metaphor; Modernity; Murders & murder attempts; Mythology; Narrative techniques; Narratives; Novels; Otherness; Patriarchy; Plot (Narrative); Police departments; Publishing; Publishing industry; Readers; Serial crime; Swedish literature; Writers; Spain

Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy has influenced twenty-first century Spanish noir, especially Dolores Redondo’s Baztán Trilogy and Eva García Sáenz de Urturi’s White City Trilogies. Larsson’s novels put mysoginy and its violent consequences at the center of noir and provided the development of cons...