『흰옷 입은 여인』에서의 젠더적 협상 ―여성탐정 재현을 중심으로
Gender Negotiation in The Woman in White: Focusing on the Representation of a Woman Detective
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This paper argues that The Woman in White is a forerunner of the detective fiction in Britain. The Woman in White shares the same formulas with the British detective novels: the British home and family are threatened by the foreign criminals; the detective solves the mysteries surrounding the crime; and the safety of the nation and family is reassured. This paper aims to examine the possibility of gender disruption in The Woman in White focusing on the representation of a female detective. In The Woman in White, Marian investigates crimes to defend Laura, the victim, and to restore Laura's inheritance and identity. Since a detective's attributes are such masculine qualities as independence, assertiveness, decisiveness, bravery, the representation of Marian as a woman engaging in detection can subvert the hierarchical positioning of male and female. The subversive possibility inherent in Marian is, however, contained by representing her as extremely unfeminine and excluding her as anomaly. Her threatening potentiality as a female detective is removed by confining her within the conventional feminine roles and domains. While Walter, the male detective, investigates crimes outside, Marian stays at home to care for Laura. Thus The Woman in White strengthens and reassures the dominant gender ideology.
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This paper argues that The Woman in White is a forerunner of the detective fiction in Britain. The Woman in White shares the same formulas with the British detective novels: the British home and family are threatened by the foreign criminals; the detective solves the mysteries surrounding the crime; and the safety of the nation and family is reassured. This paper aims to examine the possibility of gender disruption in The Woman in White focusing on the representation of a female detective. In The Woman in White, Marian investigates crimes to defend Laura, the victim, and to restore Laura's inheritance and identity. Since a detective's attributes are such masculine qualities as independence, assertiveness, decisiveness, bravery, the representation of Marian as a woman engaging in detection can subvert the hierarchical positioning of male and female. The subversive possibility inherent in Marian is, however, contained by representing her as extremely unfeminine and excluding her as anomaly. Her threatening potentiality as a female detective is removed by confining her within the conventional feminine roles and domains. While Walter, the male detective, investigates crimes outside, Marian stays at home to care for Laura. Thus The Woman in White strengthens and reassures the dominant gender ideology.
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