Bennett and Royle argue that all literature concerns itself with the secret–not only the revelation of a secret, but the idea of literature as “resistant to being read” (An Intro to Literature 275). “Adventure of the Dancing Men” by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; “Murder in the Rue Morgue” Short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Discuss the ways in which the characters and/or the narrative rely on secrets as an important part of their narrative or generic structure. HINT: Does EVERYTHING get explained at the end of the story? Why/not? How does this confirm/undermine our understanding of the way the ‘real’ world works?
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