Is a Crime Novel in Translation Capable of Teaching Us History? A Consideration of the Translations of Śmierć w Breslau [Death In Breslau] and Głowa Minotaura [The Minotaur's Head] by Marek Krajewski
Journal: Przekładaniec
Year: 2022

Crime novel is considered one of the most important innovations of the twentieth century in the field of fiction. Together with cinema, television and “elite” literature which often take over some of its features (themes and plots), it plays a significant role in creating the representation of reality proposed to the readers. The investigation described in the novels is set in a context which refers to the real world, in its social, political or historical aspects. The realistic dimension of the