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dc.contributor.authorAppelgren Percival, Jenny
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-09T12:06:43Z
dc.date.available2014-10-09T12:06:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/37150
dc.description.abstractThe 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. Furthermore, it aims to illuminate their interdependency with the help of a Freudian Jekyll/Hyde analogy that also highlights the psychological balance they provide for each other. The result of the analysis indicates that Holmes and Watson need and complement each other, and that is the reason their friendship endures.sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSPL Kandidatuppsats i engelskasv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSPL 2014-050sv
dc.subjectSherlock Holmessv
dc.subjectSir Arthur Conan Doylesv
dc.subjectmale homosocial desiresv
dc.subjectstructural model of the psychesv
dc.subjectSigmund Freudsv
dc.subjectRobert Louis Stevensonsv
dc.titleHyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hydesv
dc.typeText
dc.setspec.uppsokHumanitiesTheology
dc.type.uppsokM2
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Gothenburg/Department of Languages and Literatureseng
dc.contributor.departmentGöteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerswe
dc.type.degreeStudent essay


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