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Tigers in the Fog : the Foreign in Sherlock Holmes Adventures View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Tiedekunta/Osasto – Fakultet/Sektion – Faculty Laitos – Institution – Department Humanistinen tiedekunta Nykykielten laitos Tekijä – Författare – Author Sampo Rassi Työn nimi – Arbetets titel – Title Tigers in the Fog: The Foreign in Sherlock Holmes Adventures Oppiaine – Läroämne – Subject Englantilainen filologia Työn laji – Arbetets art – Level Aika – Datum – Month and year Sivumäärä – Sidoantal – Number of pages Pro gradu -tutkielma Marraskuu 2013 65 Tiivistelmä – Referat – Abstract Sherlock Holmes on yksi viktoriaanisen kirjallisuuden tunnetuimmista ja rakastetuimmista hahmoista. Arthur Conan Doylen luomat mielikuvitukselliset salapoliisiseikkailut nousivat suuren yleisön suosioon erityisesti eksoottisten rikostapaustensa ansiosta, ja Sherlock Holmes –teollisuus elää ja voi hyvin niin televisiossa, Hollywoodissa kuin kirjallisuudessakin. Vähemmälle huomiolle on kuitenkin jäänyt kirjojen paikoin räikeäkin rasismi, ja tutkimuskysymykseni onkin selvittää mitkä poliittiset ja sosiaaliset paineet vaikuttivat Holmes-seikkailujen muukalaiskuvaan. Britti-imperiumille 1800-luvun loppu oli suurten muutosten aikaa, ja nämä muutokset jättivät jälkensä myös siihen miljööseen jossa Sherlock Holmes asuu ja harjoittaa ammattiaan. Maahanmuutto aikaansai levottomuukisa varsinkin suurkaupunkien slummikortteleissa, ja buurisotien tapiot järkyttivät brittien uskoa englantilaisen ihmisrodun ylemmyyteen, jota oli totuttu pitämään peräti tieteellisenä faktana. Rikostapauksissa ulkomaalaiset olivat aina ensimmäisten epäiltyjen joukossa, ja lombrosolainen rikosantropologia yritti todistaa rikollisten olevan fyysisiltä ja henbkislitä ominaisuuksiltaan valtaväestöä vajavaisempia. Ajatukset ihmisrotujen mahdollisesta degeneraatiosta sekä toisaalta rodunjalostuksesta eugeniikan keinoin saavuttivat laajaa huomiota sivistyneistön joukossa. 1900-luvun alkuvuosikymmenet toivat mukanaan myös seuraavan suuren muutoksen, Euroopan laajuisen suurvaltapoliittisen jännitteen, joka kulminoituin ensimmäiseen maailmansotaan. Poliittisten paineiden kasvaessa Saksa alettiin kokea uhkana ja Britannian asema maailmanpolitiikassa muuttui entisestään. Kaikki nämä historialliset vaikuttimet jättivät jälkensä myös Sherlock Holmes –sarjan hahmoihin. Holmes ohittaa tavanomaiset rikolliset itselleen turhan vähäpätöisinä, ja keskittää huomionsa nimenomaan erikoislaatuisiin yksilöihin. Tarinoiden roistojen joukossa onkin suoranaisia raakalaisia, kuten verenhimoine pygmi Tonga, ja pelkurimainen musta nyrkkeilijä Steve Dixie, ja heitä kuvaillaan rasistisesti värittynein sanankääntein. eläimellisiksi tai ali-ihmisiksi. Toinen, monilukuisempi ryhmä tarinoiden hahmogalleriassa ovat rikolliset ja uhrit, jotka ovat tavalla tai toisella taantuneet luontaisesta asemastaan ulkopuolisten vaikuttimien alaisina. Näihin kuuvuat mm. siirtomaissa vietetty menneisyys, oopiumin vaikutukselle altistuminen sekä Etelä- Afrikassa saatu spitaalitartunta, mitkä kaikki kuvastavat Conan Doylen aikalaisten degeneraatiopelkoja, valkoisen rodun heikkenemistä vieraiden voimien käsittelyssä. Erityistapauksen muodostavat myös tapaukset joissa uhattuna on viktoriaanisen sosiaalisen järjestyksen kulmakivi, ydinperhe ja pyhimyksenomainen vaimo sen keskuksena. Seuraava huomioarvoisen ryhmä ovat mestaririkolliset, joukostaan ylivertaisena luonnollisesti professori Moriarty. Heissä länsimaisen sivistyneistön älykkyys ja taidot yhdistyvät sisäiseen tai ulkoiseen rappion siemeneen niin, että lopputuloksena onkin rappeutuneen ali-ihmisen sijasta poikkeuksellinen mutta kieroutunut nerokkuus. Moriartyn, eversti Moranin ja paroni Grunerin kaltaiset rikolliset ovat Holmes-tarinoissa harvinaisia, ja heidän kiinnisaamisensa vaatii useimmiten poikkeuksellisia toimia. Viimeinen tarkastelemistani ryhmistä koostuu vieraan vallan agenteista, jotka juonittelevat Engantia vastaan useassa tarinassa. Euroopan poliittinen tilanne kuvataan useassa seikkailussa hyvin epävakaana, ja Holmes toimii johdonmukaisesti Britannian etujen puolustajana. Tärkeänä yksytyikohtana salaisten asiamiesten menestys riippuu usein englantilaisten pettureiden suotuisasta myötävaikutuksesta, mikä on sekin yksi Britannian rappion muoto. Salapoliisi- ja muu populaarikirjallisuus heijastaa aina aikalaistensa pelkoja ja erityisesti rasismin ja muiden ennakkoluulojen tutkimus tarjoaa vertailukohtia myös nykypäivään. Moderneissa Holmes-tarinoissa tai muussa viihteessä ulkomaalainen ei enää automaattisesti ole vihamielinen ali-ihminen, vaan rikollisus ja muunkaltainen turmelus kuvataan yhä useammin sisäsyntyisenä. Salapoliisi ei enää ole yksinomaan rotupuhtaan nationalismin edustaja, vaikka hän muuten Holmesia muistuttaisikin. Avainsanat – Nyckelord – Keywords Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, rikollisuus, rasismi, imperialismi Säilytyspaikka – Förvaringställe – Where deposited Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto Muita tietoja – Övriga uppgifter – Additional information Tigers in the Fog The Foreign in Sherlock Holmes Adventures Sampo Rassi Master’s thesis English philology Department of Modern Languages University of Helsinki November 2013 List of Abbreviations To clarify citations, I have used and slightly adapted the system of abbreviations for each individual Sherlock Holmes story from Jann (706), originally from Jack Tracy, ed., The Encyclopedia Sherlockiana, or a Universal Dictionary of the State of Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes and His Biographer, John H. Watson, M.D. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977). All story titles below have been edited to match how they appear in The Complete Sherlock Holmes (New York, Barnes & Noble, 2009). ABBE: “The Abbey Grange” MUSG: “The Musgrave Ritual” BLAC: “Black Peter” NAVA: “The Naval Treaty” BLAN: “The Blanched Soldier” NOBL: “The Noble Bachelor” BLUE: “The Blue Carbuncle” NORW: “The Norwood Builder” BOSC: “The Boscombe Valley Mystery” PRIO: “The Priory School” BRUC: “The Bruce-Partington Plans” REDC: “The Red Circle” CARD: “The Cardboard Box” REDH: “The Red-Headed League” CHAS: “Charles Augustus Milverton” REIG: “The Reigate Squire COPP: “Copper Beeches” RESI: “The Resident Patient” CREE: “The Creeping Man” RETI: “The Retired Colourman CROO: “The Crooked Man” SCAN: “A Scandal in Bohemia” DANC: “The Dancing Men” SECO: “The Second Stain” DEVI: “The Devil’s Foot” SHOS: “Shoscombe Old Place” DYIN: “The Dying Detective” SIGN: The Sign of the Four EMPT: “The Empty House” SILV: “Silver Blaze” ENGI: “The Engineer’s Thumb” SIXN: “The Six Napoleons” FINA: “The Final Problem” SOLI: “The Solitary Cyclist” FIVE: “The Five Orange Pips” SPEC: “The Speckled Band” GLOR: “The Gloria Scott” STUD: A Study in Scarlet GOLD: “The Golden Pince-Nez” SUSS: “The Sussex Vampire” GREE: “The Greek Interpreter” THOR: “Thor Bridge” HOUN: The Hound of the Baskervilles 3GAB: “The Three Gables” IDEN: “A Case of Identity” 3GAR: “The Three Garridebs” ILLU: “The Illustrious Client” 3STU: “The Three Students” LADY: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances TWIS: “The Man with the Twisted Lip” Carfax” VALL: The Valley of Fear LAST: “His Last Bow” VEIL: “The Veiled Lodger” LION: “The Lion’s Mane” WIST: “Wisteria Lodge” MAZA: “The Mazarin Stone” YELL: “The Yellow Face” MISS: “The Missing Three-Quarter” Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 2. Background ................................................................................................................. 6 2.1. A nation of immigrants ....................................................................................... 6 2.2. The criminal Other .............................................................................................. 8 2.3. Eugenics and atavism ........................................................................................ 12 2.4. Fiction, race and the Empire ............................................................................. 16 3. Analysis: The many faces of the foreign ...................................................................20 3.1. The throwback and the savage ......................................................................... 22 3.2. The degenerate aristocrat ................................................................................ 30 3.3. The foreign and the domestic ........................................................................... 40 3.4. The mastermind ................................................................................................ 45 3.5. The political threat ............................................................................................ 52 4. Conclusions ...............................................................................................................56 5. Works Cited ..............................................................................................................59 1 1. Introduction Sherlock Holmes, of 221B Baker Street, is one of the most well known and beloved characters of late 19th and early 20th century fiction. His popularity has endured from novels and short stories to the stage, the cinema and the television screen. The “Great Detective”, with his iconic silhouette of a deerstalker hat and calabash pipe, has imprinted himself indelibly into the popular consciousness. He is a part of the cultural shorthand for Britain, as English as Big Ben, black cabs or red buses. The milieu of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, his
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