계급, 인종, 범죄: 빅토리아 시대 영국 추리소설
Class, Race, and Crime: Detective Fiction in Victorian Britain
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The detective fiction in Victorian Britain functions as a literature of the reaffirmation and reassurance of class hierarchy and racial values. In contrast with the politically subversive Newgate fiction, the detective fiction provides a conservative perspective on the social perception and literary representation of class, nation, race, empire, and crime. In the detective fiction, the criminal is represented not as a victim of social oppression but as a disturbance of social order. Making the criminal silent and invisible in the text, the detective fiction allows readers no choice but to identify with the detective and thus the ruling class. In the Victorian British detective fiction, criminality is associated with foreignness, and the criminal is represented as an alien intruder. The British home and family are invaded, tormented or cursed by the foreign criminals, usually from the British colonies. Armed with scientific techniques, the detective solves the mysteries surrounding the crime and proves the racial superiority of the British. The safety of the entire nation as well as any individual in it is reassured by the detective.
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The detective fiction in Victorian Britain functions as a literature of the reaffirmation and reassurance of class hierarchy and racial values. In contrast with the politically subversive Newgate fiction, the detective fiction provides a conservative perspective on the social perception and literary representation of class, nation, race, empire, and crime. In the detective fiction, the criminal is represented not as a victim of social oppression but as a disturbance of social order. Making the criminal silent and invisible in the text, the detective fiction allows readers no choice but to identify with the detective and thus the ruling class. In the Victorian British detective fiction, criminality is associated with foreignness, and the criminal is represented as an alien intruder. The British home and family are invaded, tormented or cursed by the foreign criminals, usually from the British colonies. Armed with scientific techniques, the detective solves the mysteries surrounding the crime and proves the racial superiority of the British. The safety of the entire nation as well as any individual in it is reassured by the detective.
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