Recently, I read “In the factory of green thriller: ecopoetics and rurality
(Belphégor 2023) which collects several articles on the theme of crime fiction
Green.
It is not a novel, it is more of a study on the theme of the environment and the
detective novel.
If I’m talking to you about it today it’s because rurality is a concept which is still
associated with a certain form of cliché.
Not all the time fortunately.
Personally, I think this doesn’t make sense.
Reading this book gave me some thoughts that I share.
today with you in the hope that they will accompany you in your path.
In the green thriller, several subjects are addressed, notably the concept of
guilty space that I mentioned previously.
Several texts analyze how environmental issues fit into the narrative of a
detective novel and what are the specificities rural setting in a thriller.
A large place is given to American literature through the notion of
nature writing. However, a portrait of Western literature and particular aspect
of the Ukrainian detective novel is drawn up which is very interesting.