dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Franssen, P.J.C.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Othmani, B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-17T18:00:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-17T18:00:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/21830 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores and discusses the problematic position of females in popular literature/culture, especially thrillers. Females usually do not have important roles in thrillers because they are usually femme fatales. Thomas Harris's well-known thrillers, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, are the exceptions. Clarice Starling is the protagonist and hero of these novels.
I will mainly focus on arguments within feminist psychoanalysis and feminist sexuality to demonstrate that Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal is repressed simply because she is a female. Her thoughts, characteristics, appearance and sexuality stress her so-called femininity and, they are powerful tools. Her relationship with other characters, particularly the notorious cannibal Dr. Lecter, stress her unique status as the hero of these novels. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 602415 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.title | The Silence of Clarice Starling: Exploring the Female Investigator Popular American Thrillers. | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | popular literature, popular culture, feminism, thrillers, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Dr. Lecter. | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Literatuur en cultuurkritiek | |