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POLİSİYE KURGUDA ÖTEKİNİN (YANLIŞ) TEMSİLİ: KAYIP EL VAKASI ÖYKÜSÜNDE SUÇLU ÖTEKİ OLARAK GÖÇEBE ROMANLAR

Year 2021, , 406 - 414, 30.03.2021
https://doi.org/10.30783/nevsosbilen.882657

Abstract

Bu çalışma, İngiliz polisiye kurgusunda ötekiliğin (yanlış) temsilini incelemeyi amaçlamakta ve Arthur Morrison’un 1895 yılında Chronicles of Martin Hewitt eserinde yer alan “The Case of the Missing Hand" (Kayıp El Vakası) adlı öyküsünde suçlu öteki olarak göçebe Romanlara odaklanmaktadır. Amaçları doğrultusunda, çalışma öncelikle Viktorya dönemi polisiye kurgusunun özelliklerini tanıtmakta ve ardından bir suç öyküsünde olası bir cinayet kurbanı, egzotikleştirilmiş bir suç mahalli, dedektif figürü ve suçlu öteki olarak ele alınan yabancı bir Roman’ı inceleyerek edebi bir analiz sunmaktadır. Bu makale, Morrison'ın kısa öyküsünün Viktorya toplumunda göçebe Roman topluluklarına karşı var olan güçlü basmakalıp yargıların bir yansıması olduğunu ve aynı dönemde İngiliz toplumunun emniyet ve güvenlik duygularını tehlikeye attığına inanıldığı için dışlanan Roman figürünün suçlu/hain olarak yanlış temsilinin yapıldığını ileri sürmektedir. İlkel hurafelerin bir suç işleme nedeni olarak kullanılması, Roman topluluğunu hem kültürel hem de tarihsel olarak ilkellik ve vahşilik imalarıyla modern toplumdan uzaklaştırarak daha fazla yabancılaştırdığını gösterir.

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(MIS)REPRESENTATIONS OF OTHERNESS IN DETECTIVE FICTION: THE TRAVELLING GYPSY AS THE CRIMINAL OTHER IN THE CASE OF THE MISSING HAND

Year 2021, , 406 - 414, 30.03.2021
https://doi.org/10.30783/nevsosbilen.882657

Abstract

This study seeks to examine (mis) representations of otherness in British detective fiction and focuses on the travelling gypsies as the criminal other in “The Case of the Missing Hand”, a story published in 1895 in Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison. In line with its objectives, the study firstly introduces characteristics of Victorian detective fiction and then provides a literary analysis of the crime story with a presumed murder victim, an exoticized crime setting, the detective figure and a foreign gypsy as the criminal other. In the article, it is argued that Morrison’s short story is a reflection of the strong stereotyping of the gypsies in Victorian society and depicts misrepresentation of the figure of the outsider gypsy as the criminal/villain in British community for endangering their sense of security and safety in the period. The use of primaeval superstitions as a motive for committing a crime further demonstrates estrangement of the gypsy community by distancing them both culturally and temporally through implications of primitiveness and savageness

References

  • Anderson J., Miranda C., and Pezzotti B. (2012). The Foreign in International Crime Fiction: Transcultural Representations, London: Continuum Int. Publishing.
  • Detective Story. (2020). Encyclopedia Britannica, Retrieved January 27, 2021 from https://www.britannica.com/art/detective-story-narrative-genre
  • Greenfield, J. (2002). Arthur Morrison's Sherlock Clone: Martin Hewitt, Victorian Values, and London Magazine Culture, 1894-1903. Victorian Periodicals Review, 35 (1), 18-36.
  • Harper, L. M. (2009). Clues in the Street: Sherlock Holmes, Martin Hewitt, and Mean Streets. The Journal of Popular Culture, 42(1): 67 – 89.
  • Kayman, M. A. (2003). The Short Story from Poe to Chesterton. Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, ed. by Martin Priestman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 41-58.
  • Kenrick, D. (2004). Gypsies: From the Ganges to the Thames, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press.
  • Mathews, J. (2008). Reading the Victorian Gypsy, Unpublished PHD Thesis, Cardiff University. The United Kingdom.
  • Mayall, D. (1988). Gypy-travellers in Nineteenth-century Society, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Morrison, A. (1896). The Case of the Missing Hand. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, New York: Appleton. Retrieved January 3, 2021 from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37820/37820-h/37820-h.htm#FNanchor_2_2
  • Morton, A. (2004). On Evil, London: Routledge.
  • Pratt, M. L. (1992). Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation. London: Routledge.
  • Priestman, M. (2003). Introduction. Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, ed. by Martin Priestman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Schütt, Sita A. (2003). French Crime Fiction. Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction, ed. by Martin Priestman, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 59-76.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
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Zeynep Harputlu Shah 0000-0002-7839-9758

Publication Date March 30, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021

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APA Harputlu Shah, Z. (2021). (MIS)REPRESENTATIONS OF OTHERNESS IN DETECTIVE FICTION: THE TRAVELLING GYPSY AS THE CRIMINAL OTHER IN THE CASE OF THE MISSING HAND. Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi, 11(1), 406-414. https://doi.org/10.30783/nevsosbilen.882657