...James, skruer faktisk sit sofistikerede forsvar for den klassiske detektivhistorie »the whodunit« sammen i denne retning uden selvfølgelig at nævne vor berømte landsmand. Hvorfor skal detektivgenren litterært ringeagtes, fordi den skrives i en mere eller mindre stram skabelon med logik, deduktion, lukkede rum og en udsøgt skare mistænkte? Men ret beset er hendes sonetsammenligning ikke engang hendes egen. LÆS OGSÅEr krimigenren lige så dårlig som sit rygte? James’ afdøde amerikanske kollega, Hillary Waugh, accentuerede for år tilbage ligheden mellem klassiske bundne former og den angelsaksiske krimi. Lys fremtid for krimien P.D. James’ apologi for krimien står i hendes charmerende og elegante gennemgang af kriminel yndlingslekture på engelsk i ’Talking about Detective Fiction’. På opfordring af det fornemme Bodleian bibliotek i Oxford skrev hun en række essays om sin genre i almindelighed, om den britiske puslespilskrimi i særdeleshed. Fra genrens fødsel i forne tider til, hvorledes fremtiden ser ud. Lad os begynde med det sidste. Den ser lys ud for detektivhistorien, der nok kan forvandle og forklæde sig til politiserier og ditto romaner, men har bevaret sin sans for rationalitet, overblik og glæden ved en genuin gåde, der løses til sidst. Krimigenrens fædre er selvfølgelig franske Voltaire, engelske Godwin og amerikanske Poe. Men som noget nyt og dog helt i overensstemmelse med hendes smag udpeger James Jane Austen som genrens bedstemor. Det var frem...
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...cells and how they can be used to medically treat people, who are terminally ill. It will also examine, how hematopoietic stem cell transplantations affect both the donor and the receiver. Aside from that it will contain an analysis of “My sister’s keeper” by Jodi Picoult, which will be used to understand the ethical questions that are relevant. In 2004 Danish legislation made it legal to make so called saviour siblings with the same tissue type as their sick older sibling. This meant legalising a certain method of stem cell therapy. In 2009 the first saviour sibling in Denmark was born. A child just like the fictional “Anna” from the novel “My sister’s keeper.” This novel was written in 2004 with the purpose of creating discussion about the stem cell research and use within medical treatment. The ethical questions of stem cell use, makes it problematic to use certain stem cell types called humane embryonic stem cells. Instead another type of pluripotent stem cells can be used. These are called induced pluripotent stem cells and are made specifically for the patient. This means no embryo gets killed in the process. These ethical questions are discussed in the study and it is concluded that stem cell therapy can be used to help people survive illnesses such as leukaemia. It also concludes that certain ethical problems question whether or not we should and in the end it concludes, that we need an active ethical discussion, because the stem cell research is so strong going...
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