HARD BOILED FICTION: A NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE

ABSTRACT

Had boiled fiction is an American literary style, commonly associated with detective fiction. It follows a tough unsentimental style of writing that brought a new tone of earthy realism or naturalism to the field of detective fiction. Hard boiled fiction used graphic sex and violence, vivid but often sordid urban background, and first paced, slangy dialogues. Hardboiled science fiction is a genre that blends noir with an American style detective fiction, within a much defined boundary. Born in America during the 1920s, hard-boiled fiction owes its enduring literary style to three writers:
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain. The main hero of this genre is a detective and we can encounter both rural and urban settings. This crime fiction deals with a tough cynical attitude towards emotions in a background of violence.
Keywords: Hardboiled fiction, Unsentimental, Detective fiction, Noir fiction.

Introduction
Hard-boiled crime fiction is a literary style, most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex. Derived from the romantic tradition which emphasized the emotions of apprehension, awe, horror and terror, hardboiled fiction deviates from that tradition in the detective 's cynical attitude towards those emotions. The attitude is conveyed through the detectives inner monologue describing to the audience what he is doing and feeling. The