Three approaches to typology of detective genre today

The article is devoted to three main methodological approaches to research of the detective genres. The three approaches are chosen according to their prevalence and uniqueness in the theoretical works of Russian, American, and French researchers, and by their topicality of application in the analytical studies at the modern stage of the development of Philological (Cultural) Sciences. The conceptions by Ts.Todorov, J.G. Cawelty and V.Rudnev present structure methods of analysis, widely used in modern European and American Philological Studies. The researchers refer to their works to find an algorithm for studying patterns of detective literature in the XXIth century.