Open AccessViolence as Spectacle: Happy Gothic in Ben Aaronovitch’s ”Rivers of London”
Author(s) -
Aleksandra Kędzierska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lubelskie materiały neofilologiczne/lublin studies in modern languages and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-4580
pISSN - 0137-4699
DOI - 10.17951/lsmll.2019.43.2.97-108
Subject(s) - spectacle , laughter , art , plot (graphics) , sociology , literature , law , political science , statistics , mathematics
Discussing the specificity of the Gothic plot in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London , this study focuses on the theatricality of crime which, by blending violence and laughter, by transforming policemen into performers and criminals into artists, also highlights the fact that various methods of detecting and law enforcement have thespian roots.