Investigazione e caos nei gialli postmoderni

Abstract

This paper is devoted to a comparison, leading to possible intersections and cross-fertilization, between the evolutions of mathematics and literature of the 20th century through the analysis of the concepts of deterministic chaos and complexity on the one hand, and detective and noir stories, from classical investigation novels to metaphysical thrillers in postmodern literature on the other.

Keywords

• detective fiction, chaos, determinism, probability, mathematics, butterfly effect