Author(s): Patrik ŠENKÁR

Title: PODPOVRCHOVÉ ĽUDSKÉ INTERAKCIE V DETEKTÍVNOM ROMÁNE PETRA ANDRUŠKU LEPŠÍ ĽUDIA

Source: P. Baka, A. Mészáros, Sz. Simon, A. Litovkina (eds.): 16th International Conference of J. Selye University. Language and Literacy Sections. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-508-6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/5086.2025.25

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2025, 25-33

Published on-line: 2025

Language: sk

Abstract: SUB-SURFACE HUMAN INTERACTIONS IN PETER ANDRUŠKA'S DETECTIVE NOVEL BETTER PEOPLE
The paper points out the significance of Peter Andruška's novel Lepší ľudia (eng. Better People) within the natural development of Slovak literature. It lists selected metatexts (literary criticism) on the given prototext. It highlights the detective elements of prose in the background of various difficult interpersonal relationships. It contrastively describes the life of a single person in a village, in a small town and in the capital. Important motives and personal characteristics that determine individual human interactions are gradually interpreted. This highlights the psychology and actions of the characters in the background of the evident crime (and its investigation).

Keywords: Peter Andruška, detective novel, interpersonal relationships, interpretation, analysis

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