Bio Mark Haddon
Children-yound adult fiction
A dozen children’s titles, which he often illustrated, between 1987 and 2010.
(Boom! , The Real Porky Philips , Agent Z series, The Ice Bear’s Cave, Ocean Star Express, The Sea of Tranquillity, Baby Dinosaurs series, Titch Johnson, Almost World Champion, A Narrow Escape for Princess Sharon, Toni and the Tomato Soup, Gilbert’s Gobstopper)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003) was published in two editions at the same time, for children and adults.
Adult fiction: As well as Curious Incident, 3 novels and a collection of short stories. They have won many awards. (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2003; A Spot of Bother, 2006; The Red House, 2012; The Pier Falls short stories, 2016; The Porpoise, 2019)
Poetry: One collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, 2005.
Screenplays: a drama for the BBC, Coming Down the Mountain (2008) and Microsoap children’s series for BBC & Disney 1998-2001
Prizes: Curious Incident won the Whitbread award (one of the most prestigious in the UK) as well as several other prizes. He has also won short story prizes and BAFTAs and a Prix de la Jeunesse for his screenplays.
Main topics: family life, disability
Information about his life: He was born in Northampton, England, in 1962. He studied English literature a Oxford and Edinburgh universities. He worked with adults and children with physical and mental disabilities. He is an illustrator and cartoonist. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and Oxford University.
Mark Haddon has always regretted that the phrase “Asperger Syndrome” appeared on the cover of Curious Incident when it was first published. He feels it isn’t a term that Christopher would use, and the book is written as if it was by Christopher. Haddon doesn’t like labelling people – he thinks we all have behavioural problems.
LLCE - premières- Lycée paul Sabatier-CarcassonneMiss Jarry
INDEX
Biography
Themes
A murder Mystery Novel
Book covers
A bildungsroman
Test your knowledge
Characters
Kahoot
Narrator
Plot
student reviews
The curious incident of a dog in the night-time
A murder mystery novel
It is mystery novel,family drama,a genre of fiction in which the central character investigates and solves a mysterious crime, usually a murder. In mystery novels, the investigator is singularly motivated to solve the crime by considering all possible suspects with reasonable motives. Christopher Boone explicitly tells the reader in Chapter 7: “This is a murder mystery novel...In a murder mystery novel someone has to work out who the murderer is and then catch them.” Like many mystery novels, the story opens with the discovery of a death. In the first chapter, Christopher finds Mrs. Shears’ dog, Wellington, dead in the front yard with a garden fork stuck through his body. Christopher decides to investigate Wellington’s mysterious death, despite his father’s constant objections. Although Christopher is a child with a unique developmental disorder, he shares many qualities with the archetypical detective characters of the mystery fiction genre, such as Sherlock Holmes. The title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze".Christopher’s investigation of Wellington’s murder leads him to uncover a number of secrets about his parents, causing him to lose his trust in Father and to set out to London in search of Mother.hristopher admires detectives like Holmes who disregard supernatural explanations for odd occurrences, and similar to Holmes, Christopher is logical, intelligent, and observant, but struggles to connect with others and understand their emotions. Unlike other mystery novels in which the crime is resolved at the end, Christopher solves the mystery halfway through the novel, when his father admits to both killing Wellington and lying about Christopher’s mother’s death. Instead of building continual suspense and intrigue—as is typical of the mystery novel genre—the second half of the novel follows the repercussions Christopher’s discovery has on his life, health, and relationships.
The curious incident of a dog in the night-time
A Bildungsroman
it is considered a bildungsroman because it follows Christopher’s transition from childhood to independence, telling the story of his development as he navigates new obstacles and builds confidence in his own abilities. Bildungsromans are a subgenre of coming-of-age stories, and their focus is on the growth of a young protagonist. From the very beginning, Haddon establishes that Christopher’s life is profoundly shaped by his u disorder. Christopher lacks knowledge of the world and struggles to build relationships, preferring mathematics, Sherlock Holmes mysteries... He lives completely unaware of the messy connections between his mother, father, Mr. Shears, and Mrs. Shears. Upon learning that his mother is still alive and that his father killed Wellington, Christopher’s trust shatters, and these revelations lead him on a journey to London in which he faces numerous fears: large crowds, physical touch, loud noises, unfamiliar routines. While Christopher struggles with his personal limitations, he successfully arrives at his mother’s flat, and by novel’s end, he also writes a book and passes his A-level mathematics exam. Christopher concludes that from now on, he “can do anything.” While Christopher doesn’t necessarily reach maturity—as is typical of the bildungsroman genre—and doesn’t improve his relational skills, he does gain knowledge about the world and feels more prepared to face his adulthood, which are marked signs of growth from the novel’s beginning.
Characters
Plot
Themes
Social disorder
The loss
The struggle to become independent
subjectivity
Di sorder of life
Coping with loss
Book covers
Student reviews
01
03
02
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit
+ info
+ info
+ info
Thanks!
The curious incident of a dog
lyceepaulsabatiercar
Created on February 8, 2021
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Advent Calendar
View
Tree of Wishes
View
Witchcraft vertical Infographic
View
Halloween Horizontal Infographic
View
Halloween Infographic
View
Halloween List 3D
View
Magic and Sorcery List
Explore all templates
Transcript
Bio Mark Haddon
Children-yound adult fiction
A dozen children’s titles, which he often illustrated, between 1987 and 2010. (Boom! , The Real Porky Philips , Agent Z series, The Ice Bear’s Cave, Ocean Star Express, The Sea of Tranquillity, Baby Dinosaurs series, Titch Johnson, Almost World Champion, A Narrow Escape for Princess Sharon, Toni and the Tomato Soup, Gilbert’s Gobstopper) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003) was published in two editions at the same time, for children and adults. Adult fiction: As well as Curious Incident, 3 novels and a collection of short stories. They have won many awards. (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2003; A Spot of Bother, 2006; The Red House, 2012; The Pier Falls short stories, 2016; The Porpoise, 2019) Poetry: One collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, 2005. Screenplays: a drama for the BBC, Coming Down the Mountain (2008) and Microsoap children’s series for BBC & Disney 1998-2001 Prizes: Curious Incident won the Whitbread award (one of the most prestigious in the UK) as well as several other prizes. He has also won short story prizes and BAFTAs and a Prix de la Jeunesse for his screenplays. Main topics: family life, disability Information about his life: He was born in Northampton, England, in 1962. He studied English literature a Oxford and Edinburgh universities. He worked with adults and children with physical and mental disabilities. He is an illustrator and cartoonist. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and Oxford University. Mark Haddon has always regretted that the phrase “Asperger Syndrome” appeared on the cover of Curious Incident when it was first published. He feels it isn’t a term that Christopher would use, and the book is written as if it was by Christopher. Haddon doesn’t like labelling people – he thinks we all have behavioural problems.
LLCE - premières- Lycée paul Sabatier-CarcassonneMiss Jarry
INDEX
Biography
Themes
A murder Mystery Novel
Book covers
A bildungsroman
Test your knowledge
Characters
Kahoot
Narrator
Plot
student reviews
The curious incident of a dog in the night-time
A murder mystery novel
It is mystery novel,family drama,a genre of fiction in which the central character investigates and solves a mysterious crime, usually a murder. In mystery novels, the investigator is singularly motivated to solve the crime by considering all possible suspects with reasonable motives. Christopher Boone explicitly tells the reader in Chapter 7: “This is a murder mystery novel...In a murder mystery novel someone has to work out who the murderer is and then catch them.” Like many mystery novels, the story opens with the discovery of a death. In the first chapter, Christopher finds Mrs. Shears’ dog, Wellington, dead in the front yard with a garden fork stuck through his body. Christopher decides to investigate Wellington’s mysterious death, despite his father’s constant objections. Although Christopher is a child with a unique developmental disorder, he shares many qualities with the archetypical detective characters of the mystery fiction genre, such as Sherlock Holmes. The title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze".Christopher’s investigation of Wellington’s murder leads him to uncover a number of secrets about his parents, causing him to lose his trust in Father and to set out to London in search of Mother.hristopher admires detectives like Holmes who disregard supernatural explanations for odd occurrences, and similar to Holmes, Christopher is logical, intelligent, and observant, but struggles to connect with others and understand their emotions. Unlike other mystery novels in which the crime is resolved at the end, Christopher solves the mystery halfway through the novel, when his father admits to both killing Wellington and lying about Christopher’s mother’s death. Instead of building continual suspense and intrigue—as is typical of the mystery novel genre—the second half of the novel follows the repercussions Christopher’s discovery has on his life, health, and relationships.
The curious incident of a dog in the night-time
A Bildungsroman
it is considered a bildungsroman because it follows Christopher’s transition from childhood to independence, telling the story of his development as he navigates new obstacles and builds confidence in his own abilities. Bildungsromans are a subgenre of coming-of-age stories, and their focus is on the growth of a young protagonist. From the very beginning, Haddon establishes that Christopher’s life is profoundly shaped by his u disorder. Christopher lacks knowledge of the world and struggles to build relationships, preferring mathematics, Sherlock Holmes mysteries... He lives completely unaware of the messy connections between his mother, father, Mr. Shears, and Mrs. Shears. Upon learning that his mother is still alive and that his father killed Wellington, Christopher’s trust shatters, and these revelations lead him on a journey to London in which he faces numerous fears: large crowds, physical touch, loud noises, unfamiliar routines. While Christopher struggles with his personal limitations, he successfully arrives at his mother’s flat, and by novel’s end, he also writes a book and passes his A-level mathematics exam. Christopher concludes that from now on, he “can do anything.” While Christopher doesn’t necessarily reach maturity—as is typical of the bildungsroman genre—and doesn’t improve his relational skills, he does gain knowledge about the world and feels more prepared to face his adulthood, which are marked signs of growth from the novel’s beginning.
Characters
Plot
Themes
Social disorder
The loss
The struggle to become independent
subjectivity
Di sorder of life
Coping with loss
Book covers
Student reviews
01
03
02
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit
+ info
+ info
+ info
Thanks!