Research Article

AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE

Number: 58 September 8, 2023
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AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE

Abstract

Spanish crime fiction develops from a male gaze. In these novels, the detective is identified with man/reason, and the victim with woman/death; therefore, crime fictions reinforce and maintain gender identities. The genre also confirms the heteronormative system and ensures its continuity. The novel, El Final del Hombre (2017), written by Antonio Mercero, breaks this sexist structure of the genre and opens the concept of identity itself to question through a transsexual detective. This article aims to determine the deviations in Spanish crime fiction by examining the first transsexual detective figure in the context of Queer Theory. As a result, it reveals that sex, gender, sexual orientation, desire, and sexual identity are not static and innate. The sexist structure of Spanish crime fiction is reversed thanks to the queer detective Sofía Luna. The concept of identity is problematized and the heteronormative system, through which the genre also maintains, is defeated.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

August 28, 2023

Publication Date

September 8, 2023

Submission Date

July 7, 2023

Acceptance Date

August 10, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 58

APA
Duran, Z. (2023). AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 58, 459-466. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1324335
AMA
1.Duran Z. AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE. PAUSBED. 2023;(58):459-466. doi:10.30794/pausbed.1324335
Chicago
Duran, Zeliha. 2023. “AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 58: 459-66. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1324335.
EndNote
Duran Z (September 1, 2023) AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 58 459–466.
IEEE
[1]Z. Duran, “AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE”, PAUSBED, no. 58, pp. 459–466, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.1324335.
ISNAD
Duran, Zeliha. “AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 58 (September 1, 2023): 459-466. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1324335.
JAMA
1.Duran Z. AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE. PAUSBED. 2023;:459–466.
MLA
Duran, Zeliha. “AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 58, Sept. 2023, pp. 459-66, doi:10.30794/pausbed.1324335.
Vancouver
1.Zeliha Duran. AN EXAMPLE OF DEVIATION IN SPANISH CRIME FICTION: EL FINAL DEL HOMBRE. PAUSBED. 2023 Sep. 1;(58):459-66. doi:10.30794/pausbed.1324335

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