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  1. 16. ‘The power of characterization’ : A comparative analysis of the transformative works created by the English-language and Japanese-language fandoms of BBC Sherlock

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för japanska

    Author : Carolina Lindström; [2017]
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  3. 17. Stories of Significance : The Process and Practises of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kee Lundqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : coping theory; production of meaning; virtual anthropology; sherlock; tumblr; fan studies; fan psychology;

    Abstract : Building on professor of psychology Kenneth Pargament’s claim that people actively seek to establish a sense of significance and strive to minimize its loss, this study argues that fans of fictional works continually create a (subjectively seemingly) coherent interpretation of the source text that both builds upon and supports meaningful themes and phenomena found in the text. This, in turn, generates a subjective (though often communally negotiated) sense of significance. READ MORE

  4. 18. "How do you know all this crap?" : The Representation of Cognitive Processes and Knowledge in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Sherlock

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för studier av samhällsutveckling och kultur

    Author : Isabelle Strömstedt; [2015]
    Keywords : Knowledge; Cognitive Processes; Sherlock; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Television Studies; Forensic Science; Crime Drama; Contemporary Television; Consult;

    Abstract : In contemporary crime drama there has been a shift of main character from the forensic scientist to the consultant. This put the representation of knowledge in a different light. READ MORE

  5. 19. Texting Sherlock - An intermedial analysis of visual intra-diegetic text in the TV-Series Sherlock

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Intermediala studier

    Author : Silja Wendt; [2015]
    Keywords : Intra-diegetic Text; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock; Intermediality; Immersion; Genre; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay aims for a qualitative examination and discussion on the use of intra-diegetic text in the BBC-series Sherlock. With the purpose of identifying its impact on the viewer position and the presentation of genre, different theories from the area of intermediality and film studies, such as Lars Elleström and Agnes Pethö, are presented and applied to the examination of three selected scenes from the series. READ MORE

  6. 20. Hyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hyde

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jenny Appelgren Percival; [2014-10-09]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; male homosocial desire; structural model of the psyche; Sigmund Freud; Robert Louis Stevenson;

    Abstract : The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson is one of the most famous male friendships in modern literature. Using the two novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s extensive canon about the extraordinary detective and his companion, this essay examines the bond between Holmes and Watson through Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s theories about male homosocial desire. READ MORE