@article{article_1044707, title={A DRAMA OF DETECTION: SUSAN GLASPELL’S TRIFLES}, journal={Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={60}, pages={431–446}, year={2020}, author={Köşker, Nisa Harika Güzel}, keywords={Polisiye Anlatı, Susan Glaspell, Trifles, Amerikan Tiyatrosu, Yirminci Yüzyıl}, abstract={Though Susan Glaspell’s well-known one-act play Trifles 1916 has been predominantly framed by the themes of female condition at the turn of the twentieth-century United States, it is intrinsically built on the concepts of detection and crime. The dramatic text reveals a narrative tendency that keeps deferring the detection of a case of murder committed within the farmhouse of the Wright family. Against the backdrop of its social and cultural context, the play gives voice to its female characters in the inspection of the crime whereas the male characters fail to detect the motivation behind the murder. This article argues that Trifles can be construed as a feminist crime account whose language and structure are couched in a narrative of deferral. The play subtly illustrates that the story of investigation not only shakes the strict bounds of convention but it also divulges precariousness of social justice particularly for women in the early twentieth-century United States.}, number={1}, publisher={Ankara Üniversitesi}