Spinning the Tale: Spinster Detectives and the  Construction of Narrative in the Miss Silver  Mysteries

Berkem SAĞLAM

Makale detayları

Spinning the Tale: Spinster Detectives and the Construction of Narrative in the Miss Silver Mysteries

Yazarlar:

Berkem SAĞLAM

Yayıncı:

Cyprus International University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

Folklor/Edebiyat 2020 Vol.26 Issue 102, pp.317-328

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000418353

eISSN:

2791-6057

pISSN:

1300-7491

Özet:

 

The concept of spinster detective is one that has been relatively understudied, 
despite general contemporary interest in the detective form as an academic as well 
as a popular genre. The spinster detective sub-genre has remained on the sidelines, 
probably because of its utilization of an old woman as the detective. As an alternative 
to the professional detective, she represents a counter figure who sits comfortably 
in her chair knitting away as the events revolve around her. It is interesting to 
note that the word “spinster” itself comes from the act of spinning and spinster 
detectives from Miss Marple onwards have been frequently represented as old 
ladies who alternatively knit, crochet, weave, spin, or embroider. This correlation 
between being unmarried and “spinning” gains a poignant dimension when the 
actions of detecting and spinning are considered as central to these narratives. 
What the spinster detective does, in effect, is, she spins a tale; she constructs events 
in such a way as to explain who committed a crime and how, by forming a narrative 
out of the evidence. Her narrative is a counter narrative to the dominant presence
 and construction of the professional detective. This paper aims to reveal how the 
Miss Silver character in the Patricia Wentworth detective series gains narrative 
presence in the novels through the act of knitting, and how she gains a legitimate 
voice through this seemingly passive production.

Makale detayları

Spinning the Tale: Spinster Detectives and the Construction of Narrative in the Miss Silver Mysteries

Yazarlar: Berkem SAĞLAM

Yayıncı: Cyprus International University

Ana Başlıklar: Edebiyat

Dergi: Folklor/Edebiyat 2020 Vol.26 Issue 102, pp.317-328

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000418353

eISSN: 2791-6057

pISSN: 1300-7491

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Berkem SAĞLAM

Yayıncı:

Cyprus International University

Ana Başlıklar:

Edebiyat

Dergi:

Folklor/Edebiyat 2020 Vol.26 Issue 102, pp.317-328

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000418353

eISSN:

2791-6057

pISSN:

1300-7491