tale of ratiocination

Japanese: tale of ratiocination(英語表記)taleofratiocination
tale of ratiocination

… In Japan before World War II, the term “detective novel” was used almost exclusively, and the term “mystery novel” was rarely seen. However, in the 19th century, the American writer EA Poe already used the term “tale of ratiocination,” which literally translates to “mystery novel (in this case, short story).” This is narrower than Sayers’ definition above, and refers to stories that deal with solutions that are purely based on the act of deduction, including puzzles and code-breaking that do not involve crime. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "tale of ratiocination" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… 第2次世界大戦前の日本においては,〈探偵小説〉の語がほぼ独占的に用いられ,〈推理小説〉の語はほとんど見られなかった。しかし19世紀においてアメリカの作家E.A.ポーは,tale of ratiocination,すなわち直訳して〈推理(この場合は短編)小説〉という語をすでに用いている。これは上のセーヤーズの定義よりももっと狭いもの,純粋の推理作用による解決を扱った物語で,犯罪が関係しないパズルや暗号解読なども含む。…

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