…In Japan, the term “mystery” is also used, but it is a more vague term than “detective novel,” including not only horror and fantasy novels but also thrillers, adventures, and spy novels, rather than the original meaning of a novel about solving a mystery. In English-speaking countries, too, the term detective novel is considered too narrow and inflexible to refer to this genre, which has a wide variety of characteristics after the war, and is being replaced by the term crime novel (or crime fiction). … *Some of the terminology that refers to "crime novel" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…日本では〈ミステリー(小説)〉という名称も用いられているが,原義の〈なぞ〉の解明より広い小説,すなわち怪奇・幻想小説はもとより,スリラー・冒険・スパイ小説をも含み,〈推理小説〉以上に漠然とした用語である。英語圏においても,detective novelは戦後の多種多様な性格をもつこのジャンルを指すには,あまりにも狭く融通がきかなすぎると考えられ,crime novel(またはcrime fiction。犯罪小説)という語にとって代わられようとしている。… ※「crime novel」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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