feminist crime fiction-gavin Flashcards
Has Crime fiction flourished in both male and female fiction?
Yes
Has female crime writers and investigators expressing issues of female concern been an integral part from the start?
Yes
name some female writers
agatha chrisite, dorothy L. sayers, P.D James, Sue Crafton, Patrica Cornwell
what are these female detectives?
independent, confident, clever
What do the lady detectives use for method?
The power of observation of domestic environments and human behavior and knowledge
Why do lady detectives become detectives?
Because fate has made it nescerray or to clear the name of a male relative.
when do the young attractive cease to sleuth?
when they marry.
who have longer sleuth careers?
The old spinsters, widows, female investigators created by women.
who is the first female detective?
Andrew Forrester’s, Mrs G (Gladden) in 1864 in the casebook “The female detective” and william Haywards “Mrs. Paschal.
Are Mrs Paschal and Mrs G first person narrators?
Yes, who work for the British Police
What influeencd the rise of female crime fiction?
Sensation novels of the 1860s were also infl uential in the rise of female crime fi ction.
were sensation novels renderd innappropriate and dangerous for women to read?
yes
who is the most significant writer of fictional female detection?
Anna Kaharine Green “The leavenworth case” (1878)
What is 19th century detective fiction seen as?
conservative and conventional, with cases neatly solved and moral order restored.
What must the detectives choose between?
the detectives must decide between love and detection, and both choose career (
What do female women sleuths tend to be?
Fictional women sleuths up until 1940, as Kungl notes, tend to be middle class,
to confi rm class boundaries, and often use their knowledge of class differences to solve
crimes
name a teenager sleuth?
Nancy Drew (Carolyn Keene)
what did the inter war years see a rise of ?
The inter - war years saw the development of daring and active girl sleuths and the
rise of male hard - boiled detective fi ction in which the primary female role was femme
fatale
What characterise the intewar years in terms of fictional detectives?
Women fi ctional detectives, by contrast, became older, less physically active,
and more concerned with crimes in their immediate locale.
How are the spinsters visible to readers?
By portraying older women as skilled,
successful, and central to their narratives, their creators insist that these mature
women are made visible to readers.
what can be found traces of in Jane Marple?
Traces of Green ’ s prototypical Amelia Butterworth can be found in these golden
age female sleuths, the most famous of whom is Agatha Christie ’ s Miss Jane Marple
what characterises Jane Marple?
Distinguished by her village
geography (St Mary Mead) and pastimes – knitting, gardening, and bird - watching
– Miss Marple has moral force, intelligence, an inquisitive nature, excellent knowledge
of human behavior, and pays attention to details.
What are golden age female detectives concerned about?
Golden age female detective fi ction is often concerned with human relationships,
social and cultural concerns, and women ’ s position.
