changing narratives
Our 2022 Framing (Serial) Killing: Changing Narratives conference demonstrated that the turns in the (serial) killing narratives, including the decline of the celebrity-like status the perpetrators enjoyed in the 1980s and 1990s, growing popularity of police professionals, more pronounced female characters, or victim-oriented discourse, are a work in progress. Continuing our attempts at re-framing the academic discourses of (serial) killer fictions so that the focus is shifted away from the killer as an anti-hero and directed towards other characters and audiences of these fictions, their contexts and their current cultural impact, this time we would like to focus on the figure of the detective. |
dual perspective
The dual focus of the theme – serial killing and serial narratives –
allows for a broader and more interdisciplinary perspective, inviting discussions across the fields of
allows for a broader and more interdisciplinary perspective, inviting discussions across the fields of
- literary studies
- film and media studies
- forensic psychology
- criminology
- historical studies, etc.