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The Baker Street Roommates: Friendship, Romance and Sexuality of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the Doyle Canon and BBC’S Sherlock
The Baker street roommates: Friendship, romance and sexuality of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the Doyle canon and BBC’s Sherlock. Riku Parviainen 682285A Bachelor’s Seminar and Thesis English Philology Faculty of Humanities University of Oulu Spring 2020 Table of Contents Abstract .......................................... ................................................................................... 1 1. The Meeting ................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 The doctor and the detective ......................................................................................... 3 1.2 The detective’s past ....................................................................................................... 5 1.3 The meeting re-envisioned ....... ................................................................................... 7 2. Bachelor life at Baker street .......................................................................................... 9 2.1 Victorian friendship ...................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Watson: the incompetent partner?................................................................................. 11 2.3 Conflict at Baker street ................................................................................................. 14 3. Romance at Baker street ................................................................................................ -
Telling the True Story
Bachelor Thesis Telling The True Story Queerbaiting, representation, and fan resistance in the BBC Sherlock fandom Suzanne Frenk 613191 Algemene Cultuurwetenschappen (Culture Studies) School of Humanities Tilburg University Supervisor: Dr. P. K. Varis Second Reader: Dr. I. E. L. Maly August 18, 2017 Synopsis In this thesis, I follow an online community on Tumblr revolving around a self- proclaimed conspiracy theory called TJLC. This group is part of the broader community of fans of the BBC TV show Sherlock, and is focused on ‘The Johnlock Conspiracy’: the belief that the two main characters of the show, John and Sherlock, are bisexual and gay, respectively, and will ultimately end up as a romantic couple, which would make Sherlock a mainstream TV show with explicit and positive LGBTQIA+ representation. This visibility is especially important to LGBTQIA+ individuals within the TJLC community, who want to see their identities more often and more accurately represented on television. The fact that the creators of Sherlock, as well as several of the actors in the show, are either part of the LGBTQIA+ community themselves or known supporters, works to further strengthen TJLC’ers’ trust in the inevitable unfolding of the story into a romantic plot. The fact that the TJLC community is based on a conspiracy theory not only makes it a remarkable example of fan culture, but has also led to many close readings of the show and its characters – from the textual level to symbolism to the musical score – on a level that can often be seen as close to academic. These pieces of so-called ‘meta’ have led to many predictions about the direction of the show, such as the strong belief that ‘Johnlock’ would become real in season four of the series. -
A Rhetorical Analysis of Sherlock Krystal A
Conversations: A Graduate Student Journal of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology Volume 1 | Number 2 Article 3 January 2013 The ewN Sexy: A Rhetorical Analysis of Sherlock Krystal A. Fogle Abilene Christian University, [email protected] Toni Maisano Abilene Christian University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/conversations Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, and the Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Fogle, Krystal A. and Maisano, Toni (2013) "The eN w Sexy: A Rhetorical Analysis of Sherlock," Conversations: A Graduate Student Journal of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology: Vol. 1 : No. 2 , Article 3. Available at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/conversations/vol1/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Conversations: A Graduate Student Journal of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ ACU. Conversations Vol. 1 No. 2 Winter 2013 1 The New Sexy: A Rhetorical Analysis of Sherlock Krystal A. Fogle (M.A.) and Toni Maisano (B.A.) Abilene Christian University Human Communication Abstract In recent history, there have been movements advocating for conversation and change regarding traditional gender roles. As a central part of culture, British television has not escaped this scrutiny. BBC's crime drama Sherlock, directed by Steven Moffat, has received both critical acclaim and attention from the general public for its portrayal of women. In this essay, we venture into this conversation, and explore portrayals of existing gender roles and how the writers of the show choose to dissent with the audience's expectations of gender portrayal. -
The Empty Hearse S
1 EXT. CEMETERY. DAY. 1 A stark black gravestone. Dead flowers wilted round the base, messages scrawled on damp cards. The ink has run. It’s like a shrine. The stone’s a bit grubby but the name in gold letters is unmistakable - SHERLOCK HOLMES A shadow falls across it... JOHN (V.O.) Sherlock!! CUT TO: 2 EXT. BART’S HOSPITAL ROOF. DAY. 2 ...flashback... SHERLOCK, phone in hand, stands on the roof of Bart’s. Below him, PASSERS-BY, a red phone-box, a parked laundry van... SHERLOCK (into phone) It’s a trick, John. Just a magic trick. CUT TO: Behind him, the dead body of JIM still lies, blood pooling around his shattered head. CUT TO: JOHN Stop it! John takes a step into the road. SHERLOCK Don’t! Don’t move. Stay right where you are. Keep your eyes fixed on me. I need you to do this for me. JOHN Do what? SHERLOCK This phone call. It’s my note. That’s what people do, isn’t it? Leave a note? 2. JOHN Leave a note when? SHERLOCK Goodbye, John. JOHN No - ! And Sherlock throws himself from the roof... JOHN (CONT’D) Sherlock!! John rushes across the street - and a CYCLIST slams into him. John’s hurled to the tarmac. The cyclist doesn’t stop. John doesn’t see what happens next... CUT TO: 3 INT. BART’S HOSPITAL. DAY. 3 Two MEN in black fatigues manhandle JIM’s corpse into a lift. Fast, ‘Mission Impossible’ style cuts. CUT TO: CLOSE on a contact lens holder. -
May 12 #1 Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press
Jan 12 #1 Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press Sherlockians (and Holmesians) gathered in New York to celebrate the Great Detective's 158th birthday during the long weekend from Jan. 11 to Jan. 15. The festivities began with the traditional ASH Wednesday dinner sponsored by The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes at O'Casey's and continued with the Christopher Morley Walk led by Jim Cox and Dore Nash on Thursday morning, followed by the usual lunch at McSorley's). The Baker Street Irregulars' Distinguished Speaker at the Midtown Executive Club on Thursday evening was Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of a "Diagnosis" col- umn for the N.Y. Times and the technical advisor for the television series "House, M.D."; the title of her talk was "Is Holmes Crazy As a Fox, or Just Plain Crazy?", and you will be able to read her paper in the next issue of The Baker Street Journal. The William Gillette Luncheon at Moran's was well attended, as always, and featured Donny Zaldin and Hartley Nathan in a Sherlockian "Carnac the Mag- nificent" skit and the Friends of Bogie's at Baker Street (Paul Singleton, Sarah Montague, and Andrew Joffe) in a Sherlockian tribute to the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. The luncheon also was the occasion for Al Gregory's presentation of the annual Jan Whimsey award (named in memory of his wife Jan Stauber) for the most whimsical piece in The Serpentine Muse last year; the winner (Karen Murdock, author of "Do You Write Like Arthur Conan Doyle?") received a certificate and a check for the Canonical sum of $221.17. -
Phubber Sherlock, Risky London, Safe England: Remaking Holmes in the Age of Information Technology
Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 43.1 March 2017: 329-347 DOI: 10.6240/concentric.lit.2017.43.1.15 Phubber Sherlock, Risky London, Safe England: Remaking Holmes in the Age of Information Technology Chung-jen Chen Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures National Taiwan University, Taiwan Abstract I intend to read the latest BBC production of Sherlock by exploring the making of digitized modernity in which confidence in science and technology is not only prominent but fundamental to instrumental rationality. Showing that violence may exist purely for the sake of violence, not for retaliation or out of self-interest, I argue that the remake of Sherlock is not concerned with criminals but criminality. By pointing out the discursive formation of digital citizenship endowed with indiscriminative rights of membership in the constant shadow of terrorist attacks, I argue that a safe England must be constructed in spite of the necessity of risk. Sherlock reveals a path leading to a digitized brave new world in which risks will be perceived as information, terrorist attacks conceived as incentives in an extended, reiterated game of prisoner’s dilemma, collective safety achieved through the calculation of coding, decoding and the networking of information technology, and every single life incarcerated within the process of capturing the torrent of big data. While digital citizenship promises a future of open access, free participation, and a lower barrier of entry, the promised democracy of information technology leads to the unavoidability of criminality and fear, leading to the coexistence of safety and risk. Keywords Sherlock, modernity, risk, governmental rationality, Benedict Cumberbatch, information technology, mobile phones 330 Concentric 43.1 March 2017 “This is my hard drive, and it only makes sense to put things in there that are useful.” —Sherlock in BBC’s “The Great Game” Since his literary birth in 1887, Sherlock Holmes has been synonymous with a detective hero who knows all, sees all, and solves all. -
Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty: Victorian Genius in a Millennial World
University of Dayton eCommons Honors Theses University Honors Program Spring 4-2015 Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty: Victorian Genius in a Millennial World Allison K. Carey University of Dayton Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses Part of the English Language and Literature Commons eCommons Citation Carey, Allison K., "Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty: Victorian Genius in a Millennial World" (2015). Honors Theses. 46. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/uhp_theses/46 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the University Honors Program at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty: Victorian Genius in a Millennial World Honors Thesis Allison K. Carey Department: English Advisor: John P. McCombe, Ph.D. April 2015 Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty: Victorian Genius in a Millennial World Honors Thesis Allison K. Carey Department: English Advisor: John P. McCombe, Ph.D. April 2015 Abstract In 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first novel regarding the detective Sherlock Holmes. He would go on to publish another three novels and 56 short stories detailing the great detective’s endeavors. Today, 128 years later, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is as popular, as relevant, and as alive as ever. Adaptations continue to be made and achieve success, including the BBC’s mini-series, Sherlock. This modern adaptation and its interpretation of Conan Doyle’s characters, novels, stories, plots, and themes allow for a unique combination of Victorian and Modern England. -
Group No.: S17-ENG-K11 Mikkel Hill Larsen (48842) Pelle Imlau
Group No.: S17-ENG-K11 Supervisor: Ebbe Klitgård Mikkel Hill Larsen (48842) No. Of characters: 69093 (28,8 pages) Pelle Imlau-Jeppesen (49647) Language: English K3 English F2017 Roskilde University ABSTRACT This project investigates how the antagonist James Moriarty has been portrayed as a villain in Guy Ritchie’s motion picture Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and the BBC TV Series Sherlock (2010-2017). Through a thematic analysis focusing on the subjects we have called “The Antagonist in Motion” and “Homoerocity and emotions in BBC’s Sherlock”, the project concludes the following: the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows creates a much more contrastive relationship between villain and hero, which can be seen as a way of incorporating the social class dynamics of Conan Doyle’s original text. However, in adapting this dynamic for a 21st century audience, the villain of Moriarty is first and foremost portrayed as a corrupt businessman rather than an elitist socialite or plain revengeful evildoer. In the BBC series the characters of Sherlock and Jim share an intimate relationship due to their many likenesses. Jim is a fluid character that navigates both gender, sexuality and personality. As a villain Jim is presented as a seductive psychopath that has no desire of money or power but has an ultimate goal of breaking Sherlock. Page 1 of 40 NOTE TO THE READER Throughout the project we will for convenience sake refer to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) as A Game of Shadows and the BBC series Sherlock (2010-2017) as Sherlock (in italic). -
University of Florida Thesis Or Dissertation Formatting
FROM REVERENCE TO REFERENCE: RETHINKING CONTEMPORARY CROSS-MEDIA ADAPTATION By TANIA DARLINGTON A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2014 © 2014 Tania Darlington To Lorelei Without your faith in me, I would not have made it this far. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project has been a labor of love, but one that truly would not have gotten far past page one without the help of the many people who supported me and pushed me to keep going. I would like to thank Scott Nygren, who started this project with me and shared his limitless patience and insight for most of its duration; I am sorry he cannot be here to see me finish it. I would also like to thank my dissertation supervisor, Barbara Mennel, whose generosity with her time and her feedback have inspired me to be a better writer, student, and teacher. I have also been blessed with wonderful committee members—Kenneth Kidd, Judith Page, and Jack Stenner—whose kindness and flexibility have made this process shockingly painless. Though he hasn't been my teacher or my advisor in many years, I also must thank Aiping Zhang, who has been my champion and source of encouragement for the majority of my academic career. This project also would never have been possible without my mother, Sharlyn Swofford, and my daughter, Lorelei Chamberlain. No matter how much I fretted over my ability to complete this work, both had unwavering faith that I would finish. -
The Role of Alterity for the Construction of Identity in BBC's
The Role of Alterity for the Construction of Identity in BBC’s Sherlock Masterarbeit im Ein-Fach-Masterstudiengang, Fach “English and American Literatures, Cultures, and Media” der Philosophischen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel vorgelegt von Wiebke Wilhelmine Pauketat Erstgutachter: Prof. Christian Huck Zweitgutchterin: Prof. Annegreth Horatschek Kiel im Dezember 2013 2 Table of Content 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3 2 Theory ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1 The importance of alterity for identity construction ...................................... 7 2.2 Concept reality/fiction, film techniques ...................................................... 10 3 Analysis ........................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Perspective and Identification with Sherlock/Sherlock´s side of the story.. 16 3.2 Moriarty as a concept and not just a character (more than just a villain) ... 21 3.3 Moriarty – as he is depicted as alterity ...................................................... 28 3.3.1 Expectations/schemes ....................................................................... 28 3.3.2 Scenes .............................................................................................. 32 4 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... -
Social-Pathological Phenomena and the Crisis of Victorian Society in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Pedagogická fakulta Ústav cizích jazyků Bakalářská práce Social-pathological phenomena and the crisis of Victorian society in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Vojtěch Hlubek Olomouc 2019 Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Petr Anténe, M.A., Ph.D. Prohlášení Slavnostně prohlašuji, že jsem bakalářskou práci vypracoval sám, a to jen za použití zdrojů uvedených v seznamu literatury. Dále souhlasím, aby byla práce uložena na Univerzitě Palackého v Olomouci a zpřístupněna ke studijním účelům v souladu s příslušnými normami. V Olomouci dne 12. 4. 2019 ……………………………………… Acknowledgment I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Mgr. Petr Anténe, M.A., Ph.D. for his support and valuable professional advice. Furthermore, I would also like to thank my girlfriend, my family and my friends for their patience and support in my darkest hours. Special thanks to Damien Dante for all the motivation and encouragement he gave me in the last couple of years. Abstract This thesis deals with the topic of social-pathological phenomena of Victorian society, with focus on mid-Victorian and Late Victorian era, and how they are portrayed in the selected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first part briefly explains the term “social-pathological phenomena” and then describes the selected phenomena of Victorian era along with historical context. The second part of the thesis observes the depiction of selected phenomena in the analysed works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and compares their depiction to the historical reality of Victorian era. Key words: Arthur Conan Doyle, Victorian era, social-pathological phenomena, poverty, crime, prostitution, drugs, alcohol, Sherlock Holmes List of contents 1. -
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's Great Game of Fandom: Investigating The
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s Great Game of Fandom: Investigating the Creator-Text-Fan Relationship of BBC’s A Thesis Presented to the Department of Communication and Arts at Roskilde University In Partial Fulfilment of Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts English & Communication Presented by Marie Sophie Kindler [email protected] / [email protected] Studienr.: 58727 Under the Supervision of Ebbe Klitgård Submitted on 28th of June 2017 Abstract This thesis is investigating the reciprocal relationship between author, text and fan. Approaching the modern realisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes phenomenon, this thesis focusses on BBC’s television series Sherlock. Written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the show is critically acclaimed for its accomplishment to update the Victorian stories without losing its loyalty to the source text. Because of its production approach, the series is particularly interesting for participatory audiences, which is why it gathered an enormous fanbase. Additionally to their intertextual adaptation approach (that references previous interpretations as much as the canon itself), Gatiss and Moffat’s self- declared “fanboyness” attracts fans who celebrate the co-writers for their fannish motivation. However, the ambiguity of Gatiss and Moffat’s fan-producer behaviour has considerably blurred the lines between official production and fandom. Therefore, discursive-struggles between the fans and the co-writers testify the important role of authors for fan audiences. While the fans acknowledge Gatiss and Moffat’s creative power, they contest the ways in which it is wielded. This becomes apparent by looking at the queerbaiting controversy that unleashed in January 2017, shortly after Sherlock’s final episode.